Jeffrey Carduner, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: From a question we ask each other every day, to questions asked in some of the important poetry of the world—this issue of TRO sees the meaning of questions in a way that’s fresh, new, and needed. Here, through poems by Byron, Keats, D.G. Rossetti, and Eli Siegel, you’ll see that a… Read more

Donita Ellison is an art educator and Aesthetic Realism associate, originally from Springfield, Missouri. She writes about “Le Corbusier & the Debate in People between Coolness & Warmth” by Dale Laurin, RA: I first learned about the 20th-century architect Le Corbusier when I was an art major in college, and I was especially moved by… Read more

Steve Weiner, computer specialist and Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: “Hamlet, Questions, & Ourselves” is about the questions—kind, life-enhancing—that you’re longing to know of and to ask yourself. They’re questions that are a means of a person’s understanding oneself and—through honesty about them—liking oneself increasingly and truly. Through this issue of TRO, you’ll also see that your… Read more

Nancy Huntting, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: “The Kind Power of Questions” is the exciting subject of the new issue of TRO. The ability to ask questions, you’ll see, is much more valuable than one may realize! And you’ll learn, too, why this ability has often been misused. Clear, kind questions that enable us to understand… Read more

Michael Palmer, Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: Many people are troubled by their lack of intensity, by their feeling flat and thinking nothing is worth getting excited about. That was certainly true of me. I thought showing intensity about most things—except sports—was beneath me. Then there were times I showed a great deal of intensity, becoming… Read more

Jeffrey Carduner, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: “Questions, Life, & Beauty,” is the new issue of The Right of Aesthetic Realism to Be Known. It’s about something moving and hopeful: the fact that we have questions within ourselves all the time, looking for answers. Some seem very ordinary. Others, we may not articulate, but they’re part of who… Read more

Steve Weiner, computer specialist and Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: This issue of TRO is about two things that people most often feel are worlds apart: the thought of the great philosophers and your life as you immediately live it every day! A big question philosophy has tried to understand is: do our lives have a… Read more

Lauren Phillips, NYC middle school teacher, writes: The poem “Twenty-one Distichs about Children,” by Eli Siegel, expresses the feelings of a child—and also the meaning of a child—with beautiful respect and depth. I’m grateful for it, as an educator, mother, and now grandmother. When my son was younger, these musical couplets helped me understand him… Read more

Nancy Huntting, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: You’ll have a big, wonderful, very important experience as you read “Aristotle & Our Own Lives,” the new issue of TRO. How is ethics present in us, and in the world itself? As Eli Siegel looks, with a new depth of comprehension, at Aristotle’s classic work on ethics, you’ll meet an understand­ing… Read more