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Barbara McClung, Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: I want teachers everywhere to know that the Aesthetic Realism teaching method not only enables students to learn successfully, it is also a means of opposing and ending prejudice! I have seen and experienced the tremendous effect of this method over many years as an elementary and middle school… Read more

Steven Weiner, Computer Specialist and Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: Why are people suspicious of each other—even people who are very close to each other, who feel they love each other? How can we feel we deserve to be trusted in the deepest sense? What makes us distrust ourselves? Is there a criterion for trust—a criterion… Read more

Devorah Tarrow, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: Though wives and husbands have meals together, go places with each other, and share the same bed, often there are thoughts and feelings kept to oneself. “He won’t understand,” a wife can think; or, “If I tell him this, it’ll upset him or we’ll have a fight.” Meanwhile, there’s… Read more

Jeffrey Carduner, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: Read the magnificent and true explanation of big, historic things happening right now in our country. With all one should rightly be concerned about at this time, was Eli Siegel correct in saying that “ethics is a force”?  Yes! And it’s told about in “History, the Self, & America Now,”… Read more

Leila Rosen, Aesthetic Realism associate, writes about this upcoming Public Seminar: What does it mean to be truly confident? What mistakes do contemporary women—and men too—make about confidence, mistakes that actually have them feel less confident, more unsure of themselves? That’s what Aesthetic Realism consultant Devorah Tarrow, and associates Sally Ross and Marion Fennell will explain at this thrilling… Read more

Nancy Huntting, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: How much should we care about other people? And is caring for people different from us for or against care for ourselves? Do these questions have to do with economics—and with good news about America now? You’ll be truly encouraged by “What Are History & the Self of Everyone Going… 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: Filmmakers have been very interested in the newspaper business. Some films have shown courageous journalists fighting for justice. But many others have shown the conceit of press persons… Read more

Steven Weiner, Computer Specialist and Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: How much feeling do we want to have, and of what kind? What would it mean for us to be proud of our emotions? Is there a criterion for judging them? Do some of our emotions strengthen us, and are there others that weaken us and… Read more

Faith K. Stern, Aesthetic Realism consultant, created the popular website beautyofnyc.org with her husband John Stern. She says: When I was growing up in Brooklyn, every summer our family went to Brighton Beach, along with thousands of other people, to relax and have a good time. Yet as I looked at those men and women,… Read more

Devorah Tarrow, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: Many a wife has been troubled by the way she can be ill-natured, sarcastic, disgruntled, including with the man she promised to love and cherish forever. The Understanding Marriage! class on Saturday, July 9th will be about a fight every woman has, which Aesthetic Realism makes honest, thrilling sense… Read more

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