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

Jeffrey Carduner, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: Timothy Lynch—American labor leader, actor, and singer—who died on January 30, stands for what the people of our country need most to know, are hoping most to know. That hope is in two great fields: how to have justice in economics and in the way we see the world and… 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

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: People have always loved singing and dancing, and when sound came to the movies with Al Jolson’s The Jazz Singer, the movie musical was born. The motion… Read more

Steven Weiner, Computer Specialist and Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: Is there a solid, objective means of distinguishing what is truly beautiful from that which isn’t? Likewise, how can we tell the difference between a discontent in ourselves that does our lives good and one that weakens us? For the urgent and logical answers to these… Read more

Leila Rosen, Aesthetic Realism associate, writes about this upcoming Public Seminar: Everyone would like to feel at ease, be comfortable. Yet often, the ways we go after being comfortable—and also our idea of what comfort is—are the reason we’re uncomfortable under our own skin, unsure of ourselves, and ashamed. Are comfort and self-respect opposites that… Read more

Jeffrey Carduner, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: A battle that goes on in every person is explained magnificently in an Aesthetic Realism lesson conducted by Eli Siegel: the battle about affecting and being affected. How can we make honest, even beautiful sense of these? Read “The World Drama in Everyone: The Opposites,” the new, needed issue of The Right of… Read more

Michael Palmer, Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: Growing up in the Bronx, I thought snobbishness was a trait that wealthy people had. Meanwhile, I remember using our nice apartment to look down on my friends who lived in poorer housing on the same block. Studying Aesthetic Realism, I began to understand something about myself for the… Read more