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

Devorah Tarrow, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: This festive public event featuring “What Music Says about Our Lives—a Celebration!” has been postponed due to the heavy snowstorm predicted for the NYC area on Thursday, Jan. 2. It has been rescheduled. New date: Sunday, January 5, 2:30 PM.  With musical examples from classical to jazz to rock ‘n’ roll, the… 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

Leila Rosen, Aesthetic Realism associate, writes about this upcoming Public Seminar on Thurs., Dec. 12, 6:30 PM: Why do people feel driven to go after approval? And why do they so often feel dissatisfied and even ashamed when they get it? Consultants Bruce Blaustein, Jeffrey Carduner, and Derek Mali will describe the mix-up in men–and women… Read more

Nancy Huntting, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: What does art—in particular, that of romanticism— have to do with our social lives, our inner lives, and more? An important poem of romanticism, and the recent popular holiday Halloween, are the means to a new understanding of humanity in “The Ordinary, the Strange, & Ourselves,” the current issue… Read more