Steven Weiner, Computer Specialist and Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: Two important American writers, Henry David Thoreau and James Russell Lowell—what do they have to do with a problem of everyone today: the fact that our self alone feels too different from the self that’s social, that’s in the midst of other people? And what do… Read more

Faith K. Stern, Aesthetic Realism consultant, created the popular website beautyofnyc.org with her husband John Stern. She says: I love Eli Siegel’s poem “Meant To Be.” It presents the importance of relation—a subject Mr. Siegel loved and was passionate about. “Meant To Be” combines the everyday and the philosophic. It shows how things— from the… Read more

Nancy Huntting, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: What troubles people so much—each and every day—-is deeply and magnificently explained in “Restlessness, Understood at Last“! Find out what causes restlessness, how it’s encouraged by our current economic system, and what can truly end it—in this thrilling new issue of The Right of Aesthetic Realism to Be Known. The commentary… Read more

Barbara McClung, Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: What woman hasn’t cursed herself for something she said or did in a relationship with a man she cared for, and later vowed to be different? Who hasn’t felt, “If only I had it to do it over”? Aesthetic Realism shows that love is a subject to be studied… Read more

Devorah Tarrow, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: “The Mix-up in Every Wife about Selfishness & Generosity—& the Aesthetic Answer!” will be the subject of the Understanding Marriage! class on Saturday, Dec. 8th. The class is from 11:00 AM-12:30 PM, and is open to all women. Selfishness and generosity is a huge matter in married life. For… Read more

Due to the necessary installation of a new boiler, this Thursday’s seminar, Other People–How Should We See Them?, will not take place on December 6. It has been rescheduled, and will take place instead on the following Thursday, December 13. Leila Rosen, Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: How we see other people—at home, at work, in social… Read more

Jeffrey Carduner, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: “The Aesthetics of Restlessness” is about something that plagues people everywhere. What does restlessness come from? Can it be comprehended at last—so people can stop having it, and honestly like themselves?  Yes! That longed-for understanding is in the great new issue of The Right of Aesthetic Realism to Be Known.  The commentary… Read more

Gina Buffone is a sustainable building consultant for affordable housing and an Aesthetic Realism associate. She writes about this talk by Dorothy Koppelman (1920-2017), artist, Aesthetic Realism consultant and founder of the Terrain Gallery: I love the talk by Dorothy Koppelman about two frescoes of Piero della Francesca: The Queen of Sheba Adoring the Holy… Read more

Nancy Huntting, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: In “The Human Self—at Any Age,” children are seen truly, with great new kindness and depth. We learn how they represent humanity, and can have us understand ourselves better, in this magnificent, thrilling current issue of The Right of Aesthetic Realism to Be Known. The commentary by Ellen Reiss begins: Dear Unknown… Read more

Leila Rosen, English teacher and Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: As a person who attended the NYC public schools, and proudly taught in them for 29 years, I’m thankful for the existence of public education. And I’m outraged at the huge and growing effort to undermine American public education—an effort by people who want to use… Read more