Jeffrey Carduner, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: As a new year begins, we’re proud to present the next issue of The Rightness of Aesthetic Realism: A Periodical, with its fresh, magnificent understanding of the meaning of art for our lives. The title is: “Art and the World Itself.” In January 2026, TRO asks and answers the questions What does… Read more

Lynette Abel, Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: A matter that greatly concerns people every day is sincerity. Though we may not be aware of it, we look for sincerity both from ourselves and others, and cannot be truly satisfied with anything else. And yet, there has been much difficulty and mix-up on the subject. Eli Siegel… Read more

Steven Weiner, computer specialist and Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: How can a much cared-for custom, and a loved novel that has seemed to represent deeply this time of year, be a means of understanding ourselves and all people? The new issue of TRO magnificently answers that question. Also: What does it really mean to have good wishes? What does… 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

Nancy Huntting, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: The November issue of TRO is vital for the holidays ahead—and for all our days ahead. What is more vital than learning what our own deepest desire is—and what in us opposes it? And you’ll read about a seemingly light, jocular, age-old tradition, shown for the first time to have deep importance for… Read more

NYC Planner (ret.) and Aesthetic Realism associate Barbara Buehler writes: I think “Art as Simultaneous Heaviness & Lightness,” by Eli Siegel, is great! It takes us on an exhilarating and scholarly journey—from the Pyramids of Egypt to the classical painter Titian, from Chopin’s nocturnes to Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata and more. And each step of the… Read more

Jeffrey Carduner, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: The new issue of TRO, “Reality Is, Nevertheless, a Friend,” is so truly titled! It will give the reader honest hope as it deals with a subject that has been with humanity for centuries: evil—what is it? This TRO is a down-to-earth understanding of its subject. It shows that there’s a structure to evil,… 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

Steven Weiner, computer specialist and Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: The magnificent new issue of TRO is titled “Evil, & a Gathering of Poems.” It answers these philosophic and life questions: What is evil, as structure—what opposites are in it, and how? Where does evil begin in the human self? Is there evidence that it is not the… Read more

Marion Fennell, singer with the Aesthetic Realism Theatre Company, writes: I think this article by artist and Aesthetic Realism consultant Marcia Rackow is wonderful. In it, she writes about the great 20th-century sculptor Alexander Calder and the surprising and thrilling way heaviness and lightness are present in his work. She shows vividly not only why… Read more