Devorah Tarrow, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: Praise: wives have looked for it, angled for it, relished it, and seen it as the measure of their spouse’s love! Why, though, even as the desired praise is gotten and seems so pleasing, does many a wife feel deeply unsure of herself, and feel something is still missing?… Read more

Nancy Huntting, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: What is mental health, really—for each of us? And what in a person works against it and stops it from being? In “Perfection, Imperfection, & Our Minds” you’ll read about that. And you’ll read Eli Siegel’s powerful discussion—so needed today—of the way of mind behind a mass shooting. There… Read more

Bruce Blaustein, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: Growing up on Long Island, I couldn’t understand why the devotion that people in my family showed one another could suddenly turn into heated, angry arguments and later, uncomfortable silences. I know that through Aesthetic Realism, the painful see-saw between devotion and anger in a family can really change!… Read more

Jeffrey Carduner, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: Parents, educators, and students across our nation are desperate for what’s told of in “The Teaching Method That Meets America’s Hope.” It’s about the method that reaches even the most discouraged of young people: the method that enables students to see meaning in their subjects, to learn successfully, with authentic excitement—and also to really… Read more

Barbara McClung, Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: As a new school year begins, it’s a great time to read Eli Siegel’s essay about “Books,” from his Children’s Guide to Parents and Other Matters. I’m a parent and a NYC elementary school teacher, and I love this essay! It’s been so useful to me in showing the… Read more

Devorah Tarrow, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: In kitchens, bedrooms, living rooms, spouses have complained, “Where are you?! You haven’t been listening to a word I’m saying!” Also, “You’d rather talk than listen!” Couples despair of this painful situation’s ever changing, and the resulting loneliness and resentment are with them daily. What will enable real listening… Read more

Steven Weiner, Computer Specialist and Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: What can music, in all its sublimity and joy, teach us? Is music an escape—or is it a means of making sense of the world, the world in which we often go confusingly from laughing to having deep feelings we don’t understand? Can music even have… Read more

Leila Rosen, Aesthetic Realism associate, writes about this upcoming Public Seminar: This all-important and thrilling seminar is about a question that is pulsatingly, teemingly contemporary—though, with all the turbulence about it, the question itself is usually not asked clearly. Aesthetic Realism does ask the question clearly: “Today & Always: What Does a Woman Deserve from… Read more

Nancy Huntting, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: The answer to the question in the title of this issue—“Humor, Music, & Our Lives: What’s the Relation?”—will astound you and thrill you. For a new and invaluable way of seeing humor, music, and the world they both come from—we passionately recommend this great issue of The Right of Aesthetic… Read more

Poet and Aesthetic Realism consultant Karen Van Outryve recommends “Dear Birds, Tell This to Mothers,” by Eli Siegel. She says: I loved this poem before I became a mother, because it is so musical and true. As a mother, it means even more to me: it is always a deep comfort and beautiful guide, encouraging… Read more