Aesthetic Realism Foundation

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Ken Kimmelman, Emmy award-winning filmmaker and Aesthetic Realism consultant, says about this upcoming class in his course “If It Moves, It Can Move You”: Opposites in the Cinema: Audiences have been gripped by intense and exciting films about adventures on the high seas, with their tumultuous storms and unsettling calms. We see people yielding to… Read more

Nancy Huntting, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: How much do we need the outside world, including other people, to be ourselves? And in what central way do people betray themselves? Answers to these questions—and more—are in “Our Selves—False & True,” the important new issue of The Right of Aesthetic Realism to Be Known.  The commentary by Ellen… Read more

Matthew D’Amico, Aesthetic Realism associate, and political coordinator for a New York State labor union, says: As a fan of baseball since I was a child, I’ve loved going to Yankee Stadium and rooting for the Yanks along with thousands of other people. Why is the game of baseball—part of the fabric of America—so loved?… Read more

Leila Rosen, Aesthetic Realism associate, writes about this upcoming Public Seminar: Why do men and women, hoping so much for happiness in marriage, nevertheless find themselves furious, bored, nagging, hurt, bitter? What are the classic yet not understood mistakes that cause all this pain and more between husbands and wives? Consultants Anne Fielding, Barbara Allen,… Read more

Jeffrey Carduner, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: Is there a taken-for-granted feeling in people that life doesn’t have enough meaning? Why can a person so often feel separate from things and people? Learn about the cause—and how this way of seeing can really, authentically change. “We’re Related to Everything” is the thrilling, enormously kind new issue… Read more

Nancy Huntting, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: We certainly want to like ourselves. But how can we—on what basis? Why do people go from a seemingly high opinion of themselves to a low one?—and what can make sense of this? Read “Pride & Humility: The Drama in Everyone,” the important new issue of The Right of… Read more

Leila Rosen, Aesthetic Realism associate, writes about this upcoming Public Seminar: Men and women everywhere want to be stirred by things and people, to have big feeling. At the same time, we can think that to feel a lot is dangerous and weak. How can we make sense of this confusion? What will truly make… Read more

Steven Weiner, Computer Specialist and Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: Are there two ways of going after individuality—one that makes for real meaning and a true ease in our lives, and another that weakens us and makes us dislike ourselves? This urgent question is answered in “Care for Self: Relation vs. Contempt,” the current issue of The Right… Read more

Barbara McClung, Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: What woman hasn’t cursed herself for something she said or did in a relationship with a man she cared for, and later vowed to be different? Who hasn’t felt, “If only I had it to do it over”? Aesthetic Realism shows that love is a subject to be studied… Read more

Nancy Huntting, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: Is each of us unique—and at the same time related to every person throughout the world? How important is this? What urgent meaning does it have for our own lives—and America right now? For the answers to these questions, read “Our Self: Intimate & Wide,” the new issue of The… Read more

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