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June 27, 2018

Steve Weiner, Aesthetic Realism associate

Steven Weiner, Computer Specialist and Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: Why people through the centuries have cared so much for novels is truly explained—as it has never been before—in “What the Novel Is—& Why It Matters.” Did you know that the technique of a good novel gives us hope for our own lives? Learn why in… Read more

June 13, 2018

Jeffrey Carduner

Jeffrey Carduner, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: You are going to love reading “Brightness—in the World & Our Thoughts”! You’ll find out about the turmoil in all of us—and in an immensely important writer, Shelley—between thoughts that are dark and other thoughts that are bright. You’ll meet Eli Siegel’s thrilling, deep comprehension of people, and of… Read more

June 4, 2018

Leila Rosen, educator

Leila Rosen, Aesthetic Realism associate, writes about this upcoming Public Seminar: How much people feel unexpressed and long to express themselves, yet don’t know what that would mean. And how often people also feel that they “expressed” themselves in a way they’re ashamed of, that they blundered again–but don’t understand why. Aesthetic Realism explains this… Read more

May 16, 2018

Steve Weiner, Aesthetic Realism associate

Steven Weiner, Computer Specialist and Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: How can we feel truly alive: feel that the things we meet, that our days and hours, have luminous meaning for us? Is there something in us that interferes with our feeling this—an interference we need to understand? For the much needed answers to these questions and others,… Read more

May 9, 2018

Devorah Tarrow

Devorah Tarrow, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: Starting out, wives and husbands hope their marriage will be happy and successful. Yet why do two married people so often come to feel distant from, angry with, and resentful of one another? Is the cause something that they have mistakenly equated with love itself: an unspoken agreement between… Read more

May 2, 2018

Jeffrey Carduner

Jeffrey Carduner, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: How can we see what we don’t like in the world? Is there a way to see what we cannot like—including what’s fake and unjust—in a way that is lively, hopeful, and very kind? Read wonderful, thrilling answers in “The Deepest Kind of Cleverness,” the new issue of The Right of Aesthetic… Read more

April 30, 2018

Leila Rosen, educator

Leila Rosen, Aesthetic Realism associate, writes about this upcoming Public Seminar: Happiness: everyone wants it. So why, even as people find what they think will make them happy–the “right” person, a good job, activities they enjoy–do they still feel something large is missing? Why do they still feel unhappy? Aesthetic Realism answers that question logically… Read more

April 25, 2018

Photograph of the writer--Christopher Balchin

Christopher Balchin, educator and Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: This year marks the hundredth anniversary of the end of World War I, yet today the brutality of war continues. And there is animosity between nuclear powers, and fear of wider conflicts. People ask: What impels nations to go at each other with murderous intent? Why, with… Read more

April 18, 2018

Nancy Huntting, Aesthetic Realism Consultations

Nancy Huntting, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: “The Two Kinds of Cleverness” describes the difference between true and false cleverness in social life, in economics, and in literature. You’ll see why this subject is important—is, in fact, urgent—in the thrilling, surprising new issue of The Right of Aesthetic Realism to Be Known.  The commentary by Ellen Reiss… Read more

April 11, 2018

Devorah Tarrow

Devorah Tarrow, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: Why couples have trouble communicating, and what can enable them to talk honestly, kindly, and very pleasurably with each other, will be explained with comprehension and depth at the Understanding Marriage! class, Saturday, April 14th, from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM: “What’s Said & Unsaid in Marriage—Can Sense Be… Read more

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