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

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

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

Nancy Huntting, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: Two of our largest desires—for love and for knowledge—are understood mightily in “What Is Brightness? or, Justice to Words & Reality.” There, too, we can have the big experience of reading Eli Siegel’s great translation and explanation of an important poem by Charles Baudelaire—and the experience of feeling this… 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

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

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

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

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

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