Leila Rosen, Aesthetic Realism associate, writes about this upcoming Public Seminar: How much feeling should we have about people and things? Which is smarter: being deeply stirred by reality, or being cold to it, aloof from it? Are coldness and warmth aesthetic opposites—opposites that are beautifully one in every instance of art? Do we want… 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: One of the most famous of all film directors who has kept audiences on the edge of their seats, is Alfred Hitchcock. His films have been loved… Read more

Nancy Huntting, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: What’s the deepest thing in us—even when we don’t go by it? What does a poem by Vachel Lindsay say about some of the largest matters in our lives? Read “Art, & the Insistence of Good Sense,” the current issue of The Right of Aesthetic Realism to Be Known. The… Read more

Jeffrey Carduner, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: What we insist on—perhaps without our even knowing it—is either for or against ourselves, and either for or against the world.  Learn about this tremendously important fact, and read Eli Siegel’s wonderful poem “Sciences for Me,” in “Science, Art, & Insistence,” the new issue of The Right of Aesthetic Realism… Read more

Joseph Meglino, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: Everybody is interested in love, and most people have had pain and turmoil on the subject. For centuries, men and women have asked themselves: why is it that something making for such ecstasy can also give rise to such confusion, anger, regret? Issue #150 of The Right of Aesthetic… 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: One of the most popular of film genres is the romantic comedy, in which two people delightfully overcome obstacles that seem insurmountable. While these films are lightsome,… Read more

Devorah Tarrow, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: On Thursday, Nov. 6th, from 6:30 PM to 8 PM, there will be a public seminar that will present the answers teachers, administrators, and parents are desperate for: The Aesthetic Realism Teaching Method Succeeds, & Answers the Question “Education—What For?” Teachers of math, history, ESL, and science, from elementary… 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: Ireland, with its breathtaking landscapes, Celtic legends, and centuries-long struggle for freedom, has been dramatically and movingly presented in its films. At their best they show 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: Some of the most loved films in the world are about animals–dogs, horses, pigs, bears, even whales. People have been stirred by the way animals have shown… Read more

Jeffrey Carduner, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: Through the history of American magazines—movingly told of in a review by Eli Siegel—can we know the human mind better, including our own? And through two poems (one about Napoleon), can we see the world more truly and like it more? Yes! Read “Literature, the World, & Aesthetic Realism,”… Read more