Steve Weiner, computer specialist and Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: This thrilling issue of The Right Of is up to the moment, and also about the fight within people through the centuries. It explains why a song, very popular right now, has taken America so much. And this issue is, too, about the importance of a classic play… Read more

Sally Ross, biology teacher and Aesthetic Realism associate, says: I love the excitement the Aesthetic Realism teaching method brings to the teaching of science! In the article by Rosemary Plumstead that follows, you’ll feel that excitement and see why this educational method is desperately needed. Later in the article, she describes a thrilling lesson in… Read more

Nancy Huntting, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: The new issue of TRO, “The Two Powers,” explains something that affects us all. To be alive is to want power—but what kind of power? You’ll be thrilled to learn 1) what differentiates good power from bad—anywhere, from personal life to economics; and 2) how Christopher Marlowe’s bold, exciting play The Tragical… Read more

Marion Fennell, singer with the Aesthetic Realism Theatre Company, writes about Carrie Wilson’s talk “What Can Art Teach Us about Love?: Renoir’s Luncheon of the Boating Party”: Like other women, I hoped for love in my life. I also liked to draw and paint–but never dreamed there was any relation between my care for art… Read more

Jeffrey Carduner, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: What fresh, exciting clarity about America’s economy and our own self is in “Faustus, Profit, & Our Lives”! This issue of TRO is eye-opening. It will educate you about the fact that there’s a fight in every person between the desire to respect the world and the desire to have… Read more

Steve Weiner, computer specialist and Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: Aesthetic Realism is great in its explanation of two huge subjects—ownership and power—and how they affect our lives. That’s what the current issue of TRO is about. For instance: Can we have a sense of ownership that hurts us very much?—and what would it mean for… Read more

Dr. Jaime Torres, Senior Advisor to the President & CEO at Urban Health Plan, a community health network, writes: How important it is for people to know that everyone is in a fight all the time. And that fight is between the pleasure of respect—seeing meaning in people and things—and the satisfaction we get from… Read more

Nancy Huntting, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: The new issue of TRO, “Poetry, Ourselves, & What Reality Has,” is richly surprising and kind. Do you know how much meaning things and people can have for you? You’ll have a new sight of how much through this issue. Here, some important poems—and also large matters in the world… Read more

Matthew D’Amico, Aesthetic Realism associate, and political coordinator for a New York State labor union, says: With the 2023 baseball season in full swing, people all over our country are going to ballparks or watching televised games—and cheering for their teams. And amid all the hubbub and feeling, there’s Major League Baseball’s new pitch clock… Read more

Jeffrey Carduner, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: A new and big experience awaits you in this latest issue of TRO, titled “Can Incongruity Be Seen Beautifully? Yes.” Do we use what doesn’t seem to make sense in life, the incongruous, to see the world as against us—to tell ourselves reality is something to have contempt for? Meanwhile,… Read more