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

Nancy Huntting, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: Are there things we’re insisting on in our lives every day—often without even knowing it? And what is being insisted upon in America and the world economically? Read “The Battle of Insistences,” the latest issue of The Right of Aesthetic Realism to Be Known.  The commentary by Ellen Reiss begins:… 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

Marion Fennell, singer with the Aesthetic Realism Theatre Company, writes: As a person who once worried about my lack of attention to things, I love what Aesthetic Realism explains about why so many people, including children, have trouble giving full attention. In her commentary in The Right of Aesthetic Realism to Be Known issue 1339,… Read more

Public Seminar: Thursday, October 2, 6:30 PM The speakers—a painter, a sculptor, and an architect, all Terrain Gallery coordinators—show the thrilling practicality of art for people’s lives today. Ei Siegel, critic, poet, and founder of Aesthetic Realism described it in this landmark principle: “All beauty is a making one of opposites, and the making one… Read more