Devorah Tarrow, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: “What Music Says about Our Lives—a Celebration!” is the title of the exciting public seminar that will take place on New Year’s Day, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015 from 6:30 to 8 PM. The speakers are musicians and educators. With musical examples from classical to jazz to rock ‘n’ roll—including… Read more

Jeffrey Carduner, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: What are two biggest hopes every person has?  Can they fight in us—making for unhappiness? Is all philosophy in some way about them? Find out—and learn about the answer to that fight—by reading the tremendously useful and kind “Philosophy & Our Hopes,” the new issue of The Right of Aesthetic… Read more

Devorah Tarrow, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: As Americans look forward to the upcoming holidays— amid tremendous worries about money and the future—I want everyone to know about a holiday event that will stir and delight, and also bring thrilling comprehension of the world and oneself. On Sunday, December 21st, at 2:30 pm, come see and… Read more

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

Leila Rosen, Aesthetic Realism associate and English teacher, writes: One hundred-fifty years ago our nation was in the midst of the Civil War. Eli Siegel wrote many poems about this turbulent and decisive time in American history. About them, Shelby Foote, the noted Civil War historian and author, wrote: “We ought to know these poems,… 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