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Meryl Nietsch-Cooperman, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: Growing up on Long Island, NY, I knew I could have a big effect through my appearance, including my bright smile and blond hair. Later, in college in Montana, though I studied art and music, I felt more powerful affecting people through my looks than through how I used… Read more

Nancy Huntting, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: Does all art make a one of the known and unknown? Can we learn from music to do a better job with these big opposites in our lives? And how can we do better with opposites related to the known and unknown: the bewildering, sometimes tormenting opposites of sureness and unsureness? Read “Everyone’s… Read more

NYC Planner and Aesthetic Realism associate Barbara Buehler writes: I think “Art as Simultaneous Heaviness & Lightness,” by Eli Siegel, is great! It takes us on an exhilarating and scholarly journey—from the Pyramids of Egypt to the classical painter Titian, from Chopin’s nocturnes to Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata and more. And each step of the way,… Read more

Devorah Tarrow, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: “The Mix-up in Every Wife about Selfishness & Generosity–& the Aesthetic Answer!” will be the subject of the Understanding Marriage! class on Saturday, October 8th. The class takes place from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM, and is open to all women. Selfishness and generosity is a huge matter in… Read more

Steven Weiner, Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: Can music tell us anything about the questions of our lives? For example—about how we’re for people and also against them? Are the opposites of For and Against central to both life and art? And in order to be kind, do we have to make them one? In other… Read more

Leila Rosen, Aesthetic Realism associate, writes about this upcoming Public Seminar: Women are often terrifically unsure of themselves as they think about love—and they don’t understand why. Aesthetic Realism consultants Margot Carpenter, Carol Driscoll, and Devorah Tarrow—the trio The Three Persons—will speak about the one purpose in being close to someone which will make a… Read more

Jeffrey Carduner, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: With all the turmoil and confusion in America’s schools, what can really meet the hopes of young people and have education flourish? How can students see subjects like math, reading, social studies, science with new, vibrant meaning and interest? And can education be a means of students’ becoming truly kinder? Yes! The… Read more

Devorah Tarrow, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: The Understanding Marriage! class of Saturday, September 10th, from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM, will be a wonderfully practical event conducted by Aesthetic Realism consultants, including Barbara Allen and Anne Fielding: “Longed for in Marriage: The Oneness of Encouragement & Criticism.” The basis is this explanation by Eli Siegel, founder… Read more

Nancy Huntting, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: Can we learn from art the most important things about ourselves—what we want to go after, and what we hope for? And can people make sense of how they’re both sure and unsure? Read “‘Do You Want to Be Like Music?‘”—the magnificent new issue of The Right of Aesthetic Realism… Read more

Leila Rosen, Aesthetic Realism associate, writes about this upcoming Public Seminar: Everyone wants to feel proud—but what gets in the way? Consultants Bennett Cooperman, Robert Murphy, and Arnold Perey will show, with cultural scope, down-to-earth immediacy, logic, and humor: Aesthetic Realism explains what will make us truly proud–and also what in ourselves interferes. With instances… Read more

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