Nancy Huntting, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: What purpose enables love to succeed? Why are people—including lovers—so often displeased with each other and other things? The hoped-for answers are in “Poetry, Love, & Dissatisfaction,” the great new issue of The Right of Aesthetic Realism to Be Known.  The commentary by Ellen Reiss begins: Dear Unknown Friends: Here… Read more

A Dramatic Presentation of Eli Siegel’s lecture “When Does Evil Begin?” With vivid passages from Dickens’ “Nicholas Nickleby,” Fielding’s “Tom Jones,” & more — in relation to Henry James’s “The Turn of the Screw.” — Also “Mozart, Individuality, & You!” Mozart’s Flute Concerto in D performed & commented on by Barbara Allen (flute) & Edward Green… Read more

Donita Ellison is an art educator and Aesthetic Realism associate, originally from Springfield, Missouri. She writes about “Le Corbusier & the Debate in People between Coolness & Warmth” by Dale Laurin, RA: I first learned about the 20th-century architect Le Corbusier when I was an art major in college, and I was especially moved by… Read more

Leila Rosen, Aesthetic Realism associate, says, “I’m very proud to be taking part in this public seminar.” She writes: Women have been determined in many fields, including education, career, family, social justice—and certainly, in the field of love. But even as a woman may seem to achieve what she’s been going for, she can feel deeply… Read more

Steven Weiner, Computer Specialist and Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: As two people are devoted to one another, is there something outside of them on which their love depends? Do two people judge themselves and each other on: how just are we to the world itself?  Do we love a person if we don’t want to encourage… 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 around the globe have been very interested in presenting on the big screen the intimate drama of marriage—the hopes and fears, pains and pleasures, fors and… Read more

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