Sally Ross, Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: Millions of Americans walk around every day, as I did when I was in college, feeling heavy, depressed, stuck—and wondering, “Will I ever get out of this?” In issue 1759 of The Right of Aesthetic Realism to Be Known is The Philosophy of Depression, a great lecture Eli Siegel… Read more

Jeffrey Carduner, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: As important as anything in our lives, and for America today, is the subject of this magnificent issue of TRO, titled “Emotion and Sentences.”  What do sentences—thought, said, or written down, even in an email or text—have to do with how we hope to, need to, feel? You’ll see… Read more

Nancy Huntting, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: There’s no subject more urgent or deeper than that of this new issue of TRO. “What Kind of Emotion?” tells what great emotion is, and why we want to have it—yet why we also can be against having it. The art emotion is described, and its big, central meaning… Read more

Matthew D’Amico, Aesthetic Realism associate, and political coordinator for a New York State labor union, says: A work I care for greatly is Eli Siegel’s “36 Things about America: An Arithmetical Assemblage of Notations on the Persisting,” of 1961. In it, he shows through wonderful imagination and historical facts that there are things in our… Read more

Steven Weiner, computer specialist and Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: The important word freedom is so often used—and misused—in our nation today. But what does that longed-for thing, freedom, really mean, both in our own lives and for our very troubled country? “Freedom & Our Purposes” answers this question, logically and magnificently. You’ll gain new, vital knowledge about… Read more

Jeffrey Carduner, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: “What All Art Has—& Our Everyday Lives” is this year’s first issue of TRO. It tells what art is, and why it matters! Through a landmark essay and moving poem by Eli Siegel, and a clear, thrilling commentary by Ellen Reiss, you’ll learn that all art 1) is about you and everyone,… Read more

John Stern, Aesthetic Realism consultant and former Tri-State urban and regional planner, writes: I have long been interested in New York City—its 400-year history, its people, buildings, its geology, transportation, and waterways. When I heard Eli Siegel’s lecture New York Begins Poetically, my eyes opened to the most important means of understanding the city I’ve… Read more

Nancy Huntting, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: The new issue of TRO, “About Cynicism—& Its Beautiful Opponent,” explains in a thrilling way one of the toughest subjects. Is there any state of mind that’s keener, wiser, more powerful than cynicism? Yes, you’ll learn, including through a vivid account by a contemporary man. You’ll learn what cynicism comes… Read more

Steven Weiner, computer specialist and Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: “Good Power or Bad—the Criterion” is about something gigantic in everyone’s life. What kind of power are we after, and is there a fight in us about that? Can we learn from art about the power we truly want? And the battle about power now taking place in our nation—what… Read more

Christopher Balchin, educator and Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: When I first read “It Will Be Annabel November,” I was amazed, and stirred to my depths. This greatly musical poem by Eli Siegel is about a woman and her relation to a wide and ever-changing world, as represented by the month of November. In his note… Read more