Jeffrey Carduner, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: Is philosophy warm, immediate, urgent? Yes—when seen as Aesthetic Realism sees it! You’ll find this out when you read “Reality’s Opposites—& the Self That’s Ours.” You’ll find out about the structure of reality itself. You’ll learn that the way people see the world is central to every situation in one’s life.… Read more

John Stern, Aesthetic Realism consultant and former Tri-State urban and regional planner, writes: I have long been interested in New York City—its 400-year history, its people, buildings, its geology, transportation, and waterways. When I heard Eli Siegel’s lecture New York Begins Poetically, my eyes opened to the most important means of understanding the city I’ve… Read more

Steven Weiner, Computer Specialist and Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: What does it mean to see people and their possibilities truly? And how much does beauty take in? In 4 articles of 90 or so years ago, written by Eli Siegel and now reprinted in The Right Of, you’ll see those are questions he was passionately interested… Read more

Devorah Tarrow, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: Many a wife has heard her spouse complain, “You’re never pleased with anything I do!” Women are troubled by the way they can be swiftly ill-natured, sarcastic, displeased. “To Like or Be Displeased—The Unseen Battle in Every Wife” will be the subject that will be clearly addressed, to the… Read more

Leila Rosen, Aesthetic Realism associate, writes about this upcoming Public Seminar: People long to be expressed. Yet without being clear about it, they’ve felt that expressing themselves, putting forth and taking care of themselves, was not the same as being just to others. This rift has made people, in various ways, unsure, angry, stymied, ashamed. On June 6th, you’ll hear the… Read more

Nancy Huntting, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: How can injustice end—including men’s injustice to women? Is there a cause in common that makes for all injustice? You’ll be thrilled by “Men, Women, & the Art of Justice,” in which a man speaks honestly, self-critically, of his own injustice to women and describes what he learned that enabled him to… Read more

Donita Ellison, art educator and sculptor, writes: I grew up in the Midwest and now live in New York City, and I once felt that I couldn’t care for what I saw as “nature” and love the city too. That changed when I read Martha Baird’s poem “Man and Nature in New York and Kansas.”… Read more

Jeffrey Carduner, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: What would it mean for us truly to welcome the new, the unexpected, the surprising, in our daily lives?  Is there anything in us against surprise?  And what can we learn from poetry about this subject?  Read “How Much Surprise—in Art and Life?,” the latest and great new issue of The Right of… Read more

Michael Palmer, Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: An industry that continues to thrive in the US economy is that of physical fitness. The gyms are as popular as ever. While being in good shape is important, a man can see having a great physique as a shortcut to liking himself. As a former radio sportswriter with… Read more

Devorah Tarrow, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: In becoming a wife, a woman says in a big way that she needs her spouse. Yet the very idea that she needs someone besides herself troubles many a wife: she can feel that in needing her spouse she is somehow curtailing her individuality, losing her autonomy. (Men can… Read more