Devorah Tarrow, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: Does art have to do with the very essence of marriage? Is the understanding of what makes for beauty central for a relationship’s success—from the everyday matters of who’s going to do the dishes or the laundry, to how to spend money, and even to questions about sex? Aesthetic… Read more

Jeffrey Carduner, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: In “Sameness & Difference—Urgent & Poetic,” you will learn something amazing, great, and tremendously needed. You will see that the very technique of poetry has the answer-in-outline to burning questions in America today—about racism, about economics, about love. Read this thrillingly kind issue of The Right of Aesthetic Realism to… Read more

Leila Rosen, Aesthetic Realism associate, writes about this upcoming Public Seminar: We all want to have “our way,” and want life to go “our way.” Aesthetic Realism explains two huge things not understood before: What is “our way,” and what interferes with our having it? Are we impeded only by the world and other people,… Read more

John Stern, Aesthetic Realism consultant and former Tri-State urban and regional planner, created the popular website beautyofnyc.org with his wife Faith Stern. He writes: My history classes in high school and college consisted mostly of dates, battles, the reigns of rulers, and legislation. Imagine, then, my surprise and thrill when I read Eli Siegel’s definition… Read more

Steven Weiner, Computer Specialist and Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: “Art & What People Deserve” is about what every person is owed in two enormous fields: love and economics. You’ll learn about the true relation between all art and economic justice. And you’ll see a man writing honestly about the largest question in men’s lives: What… Read more

Nancy Huntting, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: Is there something big that people miss from others, even those they’re closest to? Read about the English poet—Matthew Arnold—who expressed powerfully his sense that people don’t know each other’s feelings, but who didn’t understand why that’s so and how it can change. And read the explanation, with its… Read more

Devorah Tarrow, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: What is real kindness in marriage? This is a matter affecting every wife! And the deep and exciting answer will be presented at the Understanding Marriage! class, on Saturday, February 8th, 11:00 AM-12:30 PM. The class is open to all women. Women have wanted to be kind; but a… Read more

Leila Rosen, Aesthetic Realism associate, writes about this upcoming Public Seminar: People everywhere want to be (and are) individuals—unique, just ourselves. But how we see our individuality, in every aspect of life, including in love, will make us either proud or ashamed, more truly confident or more unsure. That, as the speakers at this important… 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

Devorah Tarrow, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: “The Drama in Marriage about Secrecy & Being Known” will be the subject of the Understanding Marriage! class on Saturday, January 11, 2020, 11:00 AM-12:30 PM. Barbara Allen, Meryl Nietsch-Cooperman, and other Aesthetic Realism consultants conduct this class. Its basis the following statement by Eli Siegel, founder of Aesthetic… Read more