Devorah Tarrow, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: “You’re not listening to me!” many a spouse has protested. A husband can feel that his wife is not interested in hearing what he has to say. And a wife, likewise, can feel that what she says falls on deaf ears. But couples haven’t understood why they don’t listen… Read more

Steven Weiner, Computer Specialist and Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: Complaints—we’ve all had them, including Shakespeare! But is there such a thing as a complaint that does our lives and the world good, and is there a very different kind, which is harmful? How can we tell the difference? —Also: what is the chief way we’re… Read more

Leila Rosen, Aesthetic Realism associate, writes about this upcoming Public Seminar: Aesthetic Realism Consultant Arnold Perey and Associates Matthew D’Amico and Jaime Torres will speak on one of the biggest and most confusing emotions we have: anger. As they’ll tell, Aesthetic Realism understands this subject—as nothing else ever has—and what it explains is desperately needed! People… Read more

Jeffrey Carduner, Aesthetic Realism Consultant, writes: A great poet of the 17th century, and a woman of our own time who writes sincerely about her life and Aesthetic Realism consultations: are they a means of seeing what our nation needs in order to be successful and kind?  Yes!  Read how, in “Honesty, Nations, & Poems,”… Read more

Devorah Tarrow, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: “He’s changed on me!” many a wife has felt about her husband: “He forgets this. He doesn’t do that. He doesn’t even seem to think about me much anymore….” And the list of disappointments goes on. Granted, men have imperfections, as do women! But frequently in a wife’s eyes,… Read more

Nancy Huntting, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: Complaining has always been popular. But what is the criterion for complaint? Why is some complaint valuable and another kind very hurtful? And what can we learn about the subject from a poet who Eli Siegel said was “one of the great complainers of all time”? You can find out in… Read more

Aesthetic Realism Public Seminar Thursday, April 6, 6:30 PM The speakers–a painter, an architect, and a sculptor—show the thrilling practicality of art for people’s lives today. Their basis is this principle—a landmark in human and art history—stated by Eli Siegel, critic, poet, and founder of Aesthetic Realism: “All beauty is a making one of opposites,… Read more

Steven Weiner, Computer Specialist and Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: We all know that complaining and seeking consolation go on a great deal among people. But are there two different kinds of complaint? Also, two different kinds of consolation? And does one kind strengthen us, and the other kind weaken us? What’s the criterion for good… Read more

Jeffrey Carduner, Aesthetic Realism Consultant, writes: Complaining is a big part of life. But is there some complaining that weakens us and some that strengthens us; some that has us like ourselves and some that has us despise ourselves? Is there a criterion for complaint? And what does it have to do with art, with… Read more

Devorah Tarrow, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: In becoming a wife, a woman says in a big way that she needs her husband. Yet the very idea that she needs someone besides herself troubles many a wife: she can feel that in needing her husband she is somehow curtailing her individuality, losing her autonomy. (Men can… Read more