Louis Dienes, poet and photographer, began to study Aesthetic Realism in 1943. He recommends Eli Siegel’s poem “Somewhere This” and says: In this magnificent free verse poem of 1925, through snatches of conversations to be heard any day—on sidewalks, in apartments, and accompanied by the ever-present elevated train, high above city streets—we feel the mystery… Read more

Steven Weiner, Computer Specialist and Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: Why don’t people like the way they feel? And what causes the insomnia that millions experience night after night? The ever so needed answers to these questions are in “There Are the Self & Sleeplessness,” the current issue of The Right of Aesthetic Realism to Be… Read more

Leila Rosen, Aesthetic Realism associate, writes about this upcoming Public Seminar: In asking this question, Aesthetic Realism, for the first time, articulates the reason people are often tormented about love and sex: our purpose. Is the pleasure we have for the purpose of respecting the world more—which includes, and is represented by, the person we… Read more

Nancy Huntting, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: The difference between these two is crucial to everyone’s life, yet not understood: “Individualism—True & False.” You’ll be surprised, relieved, thrilled by this great issue of The Right of Aesthetic Realism to Be Known. The commentary by Ellen Reiss begins: Dear Unknown Friends: The great essay by Eli Siegel… Read more

Jeffrey Carduner, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: “We have two opposed hopes about people, two opposed hopes about the world.  What do these hopes have to do with whether or not we can like ourselves?  The answers are in “Our Two Desires,” the magnificent current issue of The Right of Aesthetic Realism to Be Known. The commentary… Read more

Leila Rosen, Aesthetic Realism associate, writes about this upcoming Public Seminar: Women (and men too!): Come and have a wonderful time learning about yourself! “Can There Be Real Love without Criticism?” The Three Persons—Aesthetic Realism consultants Margot Carpenter, Carol Driscoll, and Devorah Tarrow—will answer this surprising, urgent, and, really, beautiful question. They’ll show what Aesthetic Realism makes… Read more

Steven Weiner, Computer Specialist and Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: How does a woman hope to be seen, including by a man? You can read the so needed answer to this question in “Woman, Body & Mind,” the current issue of The Right of Aesthetic Realism to Be Known. The commentary by Ellen Reiss begins: Dear… Read more

Nancy Huntting, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: What was the largest matter in the life of Nelson Mandela? And what does it have to do with Shakespeare’s Eighth Sonnet—and the importance of that poem for every person now? You can read the thrilling answers to these questions, and more, in “Shakespeare and Mandela,” the current issue… Read more

Jeffrey Carduner, Aesthetic Realism Consultant, writes: “Is there a fight between contempt and respect in every person?  How is it shown in ordinary ways?  And how can we be better?  Read an important commentary by Ellen Reiss and two great essays by Eli Siegel in “How Everyday! How Big!,” the current issue of The Right… Read more

Steve Weiner, Computer Specialist and Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: What can the technique of poetry teach us about love—about what we’re looking for from another person? Also: how is Aesthetic Realism’s way of seeing the opposites different from that of other philosophies? The tremendously important answers to these questions are in “The Opposites, Beauty, &… Read more