Leila Rosen, Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: People everywhere are hoping for love. Meanwhile, after failed relationships, they wonder, as I did: What am I doing wrong? Read the kind answer Aesthetic Realism gives to this troubling question in “The Beauty of Art & the Pain about Love.” Editor Ellen Reiss explains that the mistakes people… Read more

Jeffrey Carduner, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: What world-significance is in this issue, “What Impels?,” of The Right of Aesthetic Realism to Be Known! Present in it are Sappho, Homer, Virgil, Victor Hugo—and you’ll be in the midst of the most important question of our time: What is the thing making for the distress of people and of nations? Is there a fight every… Read more

Steve Weiner, computer specialist and Aesthetic Realism associate, writes: There’s no more hopeful fact for the world today than that Eli Siegel, the founder of Aesthetic Realism, in his comprehension of humanity has explained two enormously important things: 1) the way of seeing that makes a person a true artist; and 2) the cause of war. In… Read more

Nancy Huntting, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: The new issue of TRO is titled “What Our Minds Are For,” and it’s urgently needed by everyone—including leaders of nations! Aesthetic Realism’s great understanding of mind is in this issue—the way of mind that makes for art, and the way of mind that causes distress and also makes… Read more

Jeffrey Carduner, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: “This, Too, Comprehended at Last,” the new issue of The Right of Aesthetic Realism to Be Known, is about a matter that has excited people, puzzled them, and also brought them much pain. The issue publishes Eli Siegel’s mighty essay “Why a Man Gambles”—an essay which, as it looks with critical… Read more

Sally Ross, biology teacher and Aesthetic Realism associate, says: I love the excitement the Aesthetic Realism teaching method brings to the teaching of science! In the article by Rosemary Plumstead that follows, you’ll feel that excitement and see why this educational method is desperately needed. Later in the article, she describes a thrilling lesson in… Read more

Nancy Huntting, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: The new issue of TRO, “The Two Powers,” explains something that affects us all. To be alive is to want power—but what kind of power? You’ll be thrilled to learn 1) what differentiates good power from bad—anywhere, from personal life to economics; and 2) how Christopher Marlowe’s bold, exciting play The Tragical… Read more

Marion Fennell, singer with the Aesthetic Realism Theatre Company, writes about Carrie Wilson’s talk “What Can Art Teach Us about Love?: Renoir’s Luncheon of the Boating Party”: Like other women, I hoped for love in my life. I also liked to draw and paint–but never dreamed there was any relation between my care for art… Read more

Dr. Jaime Torres, Senior Advisor to the President & CEO at Urban Health Plan, a community health network, writes: How important it is for people to know that everyone is in a fight all the time. And that fight is between the pleasure of respect—seeing meaning in people and things—and the satisfaction we get from… Read more

Nancy Huntting, Aesthetic Realism consultant, writes: The new issue of TRO, “Poetry, Ourselves, & What Reality Has,” is richly surprising and kind. Do you know how much meaning things and people can have for you? You’ll have a new sight of how much through this issue. Here, some important poems—and also large matters in the world… Read more