“In his field, and with his means, Rilke carries out an operation that one could philosophically describe as the 'transformation of being into message' (more commonly, 'linguistic turn'). 'Being that can be be understood is language', Heidegger would later state - which conversely implies that language abandoned by being becomes mere chatter.” LanguageBeingChatterHeideggerRilkeThing PoemLinguistic Turn Book:Du mußt dein Leben ändern Source: Du mußt dein Leben ändern