Nancy Huntting, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: Every person who wants to understand herself or himself, and our nation, and ethics—and who wants to feel excited and hopeful about all these—should read “America & Every One of Us,” the new issue of The Right of Aesthetic Realism to Be Known! The commentary by Ellen Reiss begins: Dear Unknown Friends:… Read more

John Stern, Aesthetic Realism consultant and former Tri-State urban and regional planner, writes: When I began to study Aesthetic Realism, one of the most important things I learned is that I had a way of seeing the world or reality that affected everything I did. I worked for the Tri-State Regional Planning Commission and was… Read more

Steven Weiner, Computer Specialist and Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: The title of this issue—“To Whom Should America Belong?”—is the most urgent and beautiful question of our nation. Described here—amid wide, deep, historical perspective—is the large cause of the assault on the voting rights of millions of Americans. There is nothing the citizens of our land need… Read more

Jeffrey Carduner, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: The Right of Aesthetic Realism to Be Known has brought honest, vibrant new seeing to the world—including in these months as America is in the midst of so much. The latest issue, “What America Is Hoping For,” has in it what people desperately need to know in order to… Read more

Steven Weiner, Computer Specialist and Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: As I was growing up in Brooklyn, I was eager to impress people. I used praise that came to me early from my family and teachers to feel I was a special being. But the praise I got didn’t make me happy; in fact, by the… Read more

Nancy Huntting, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: Why can’t our big, beautiful country meet the needs and hopes of every man, woman, and child in it? Do we want and need an economy that’s both practical and ethically good? In “Looked For in America,” you’ll see that ethics is more powerful than you may have thought. There are… Read more

Steven Weiner, Computer Specialist and Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: What is ethics? Is it something remote and abstract—or does it have to do centrally with every moment of our lives, every object and happening in the world? Is it academic, forbidding, dull—or exciting, beautiful, as well as urgent? (It’s the latter.) You’ll gain new, invaluable knowledge about yourself… Read more

Kevin Fennell, Aesthetic Realism associate and critic of music, writes: I love the poem by Eli Siegel “The World Says, I’m Your Valentine, My Dear”! In a charming, humorous, greatly musical, yet strictly logical way it illustrates a central idea of Aesthetic Realism: that every person’s deepest, most insistent desire is to like the world.… Read more

Jeffrey Carduner, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: “The Knowledge America Needs” is a must read. It explains truly, in terms of people’s ways of mind, what America has been in the midst of in the last months and years—including the state of mind behind the horrible attempted insurrection at the Capitol. It explains why people can be… Read more

Barbara S. McClung, Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: As a science educator, I very much respect this thrilling article by my colleague Sally Ross, “Through the Study of Viruses, Prejudice Is Opposed!” In it she describes two powerful things: how the study of viruses—a subject that, at this time of the coronavirus pandemic, is associated with… Read more