Leila Rosen, Aesthetic Realism associate, writes about this upcoming Public Seminar: Men want to be strong—everyone does. We also want—enormously—to feel we’re kind. But throughout history and right now, people have been mixed up about both strength and kindness, and have thought they can’t go together. Aesthetic Realism shows: not only can they go together… Read more

Jeffrey Carduner, Aesthetic Realism Consultant, writes: “What Makes Imagination Kind or Cruel?” The two parts of that title—1) imagination and 2) kindness and cruelty—have seemed very far apart to people. You’ll see that they’re inseparable. You’ll also see that imagination is related to science—and to the US Constitution—and to the confusion, mistakes, and hopes of people today. All… Read more

Nancy Huntting, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: Everyone imagines—about people and things we see, meet, remember, make up. But what is the purpose of imagination? Are there two kinds—good and bad? How can we distinguish? Read “How Do We Want to Imagine?,” the kind, thrilling new issue of The Right of Aesthetic Realism to Be Known! The… Read more

Devorah Tarrow, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: On Saturday, August 12th, 11 AM-12:30  PM, the Understanding Marriage! Class will discuss “Complaint in Marriage; or, Can We Be Both Critical & Kind?” and the eminently practical answer to that question. The class, taught by Aesthetic Realism consultants Barbara Allen, Anne Fielding, and Meryl Nietsch-Cooperman, is based on… Read more

Leila Rosen, Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: I’m proud to take part in this important public seminar with my colleagues, consultant Marcia Rackow and associate Harriet Bernstein. Come and learn about a fight that’s deep and constant in everyone: Do we want to understand people, situations, the world itself, OR do we want to run things… Read more

Steven Weiner, Computer Specialist and Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: We all have imaginations. But what does it really mean to imagine? Is there a type of imagination that does our lives and the world good, and another type that weakens us and others? The clear, thrilling, important answers to these questions are in “What Kind of… Read more

Jeffrey Carduner, Aesthetic Realism Consultant, writes: Read a thrilling, deep, groundbreaking discussion of a subject that’s a five-alarm matter for men and women everywhere. It’s from an Aesthetic Realism lesson in which Eli Siegel asked and answered questions about the real criterion for being proud as to love. “Yes—Love, Pleasure, & Self-Respect!” is the great… 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, July 8th, 11:00 AM-12:30 PM. Aesthetic Realism consultants Barbara Allen, Anne Fielding, and Meryl Nietsch-Cooperman conduct this class, the basis of which is in the following statement by Eli… Read more

Leila Rosen, Aesthetic Realism associate, writes about this upcoming Public Seminar: Imagination has made for some of the greatest expression in art and life. But people also use their imagination in ways that are hurtful and mean. This seminar, presented by Aesthetic Realism consultant Dale Laurin and associates Edward Green and Steven Weiner, will have… Read more

Nancy Huntting, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: When we read a book—are we hoping to know and honestly like the world? In marriage, should we have the same hope? But is there also another, warring hope we have: to dislike things, people, the world itself? Our biggest inward battle is described and made sense of in “About Books and Marriage,”… Read more