Faith K. Stern, Aesthetic Realism consultant, created the popular website beautyofnyc.org with her husband John Stern. She says: I love Eli Siegel’s poem “Meant To Be.” It presents the importance of relation—a subject Mr. Siegel loved and was passionate about. “Meant To Be” combines the everyday and the philosophic. It shows how things—from the intimate… Read more

Devorah Tarrow, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: “Music Tells Us How We Want to Be—a Celebration!” is the title of a thrilling public seminar that will take place on Thursday, Jan. 7 at 6:30 PM. The speakers are musicians and educators. With musical examples from classical to rock ‘n’ roll, to Broadway, they will present something… Read more

Nancy Huntting, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: Can we learn how to love successfully? And what is love, really? Is there a mix-up about yielding and managing that every couple has? The practical answers that people have thirsted for are in “Love: Two People & the World Itself,” the new issue of The Right of Aesthetic Realism… Read more

Steven Weiner, Computer Specialist and Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: In love, how important are conversations? Does a couple judge each other on how fair their conversations are to the world and people? Is there anything more central to love than the way two people speak together? For the very needed and hopeful answers to these… Read more

(Note: This month the seminar will take place on the 2nd Thursday.) Leila Rosen, Aesthetic Realism associate, writes about this upcoming Public Seminar: It’s so easy to be dissatisfied: with situations, people, and ourselves. Men and women haven’t known, though, how to distinguish between a dissatisfaction we can be truly proud of and one that’s… Read more

Jeffrey Carduner, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: Why love so often changes to something else is truly explained, and the beautiful solution is given, in “What Marriage Is Really For,” the new issue of The Right of Aesthetic Realism to Be Known. The commentary by editor Ellen Reiss begins: Dear Unknown Friends: It is an honor… Read more

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: Surprisingly, only a few filmmakers have been impelled to present the lives of artists on the big screen. Looking at some of the important painters of the… Read more

Nancy Huntting, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: We all have both lightness and seriousness—but often in ways that trouble us. Can we make sense of these opposites in ourselves? Art shows we can! Read “Always with Us: Lightness & Weight,” the great new issue of The Right of Aesthetic Realism to Be Known. The commentary by Ellen… Read more

Steven Weiner, Computer Specialist and Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: How can we feel the world has true, large meaning for us? And what in ourselves interferes with our feeling that? For the tremendously hopeful answers to these questions—and to learn about a great English critic too—read “How Alive?” the current issue of The Right of Aesthetic Realism… Read more