Nancy Huntting, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: What big, important meaning does a story by a beloved American writer have for us now? You’ll find out in “Yes, These Opposites Are Ours,” the new issue of TRO. The opposites referred to in that title are the Known and the Unknown—opposites that are in our lives in so many ways,… Read more

Barbara Buehler, NYC planner and Aesthetic Realism associate, writes about Marcia Rackow’s important article on Beatrix Potter: As a child, I read Beatrix Potter’s The Tale of Peter Rabbit over and over. I loved the way these rabbits took on human qualities, and dressed and acted as people did. I now know these delightful creatures… Read more

Nancy Huntting, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: The new TRO is titled “What Is Love About?” The human hope for love is inescapable—and rightly so: it is central to life. Yet do we know, really, what love is about? This issue prints the 2nd half of Eli Siegel’s great lecture The Furious Aesthetics of Marriage. The difficulties in… Read more

Richita Anderson, Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: I love the chapter on “Work” in Eli Siegel’s book Children’s Guide to Parents and Other Matters. As a New York State employment interviewer for many years, I’ve spoken to hundreds of people, including factory laborers, office clerks, bridge builders, engineers, zoo keepers, truck drivers, and others. Through them… Read more

Jeffrey Carduner, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: Love—with all the articles, books, and films on the subject—is something people still want desperately to understand. What is love? And what gets in the way of having the real, lasting thing? “Love—and a World to Like” provides the true, deep, logical answers to those questions. It begins the serialization of a… Read more

Architect and Aesthetic Realism consultant Dale Laurin writes about Marcia Rackow’s important article “Claude Monet—Does Art Answer the Questions of Our Lives?”: Like people everywhere, I cared for the paintings of Claude Monet, especially his series on waterlilies and on the Rouen Cathedral. But this wonderful, richly illustrated article by artist and Aesthetic Realism consultant… Read more

Steven Weiner, computer specialist and Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: What distinguishes a work of true art from something not that? What must be present in a person’s mind, in how he or she sees and feels, for beauty to come to be? As you’ll see in the current TRO, Aesthetic Realism answers these questions magnificently—and… Read more

Wayne Plumstead, United Methodist Church minister and Aesthetic Realism consultant, says: In this poem, which is so profound and kind, Eli Siegel goes deeply within the feelings of a person who is in the hospital and worried about his or her health. The “amiable thoughts” in the poem’s title are the author’s hopes for a… Read more

Nancy Huntting, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: The new issue of TRO presents in its title the most important question people have: “The World: How Should We See It?”  Mostly, people are not aware that they have this question, let alone how urgent it is—and also how beautiful. In this issue, you’ll see thrilling instances of Aesthetic… Read more

Leila Rosen, English teacher and Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: Teachers of literature want our students to feel that works written long ago and in distant lands are close to them, and can have meaning for them now. I love “Literature; a Run, with Some Philosophic Stops,” by Eli Siegel: 31 lively points about many writers—from… Read more