SPORTS
ERNEST DEFILIPPIS
Ernest DeFilippis, an Aesthetic Realism consultant, played for the St. Louis Cardinals in their farm system. He’s given talks on baseball, sports, & men’s questions including Confidence and Self-Doubt: Can They Make Sense In a Man’s Life? A Study in the Life of Ty Cobb, also on baseball players Lou Gehrig, Mickey Mantle, Darryl Strawberry, and golfer Tiger Woods.
See “The Beauty of Baseball Shows How We Want Be” —a video of the talk he’s presented at the Aesthetic Realism Foundation and at the 25th Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball.
MIKE PALMER
Mike Palmer, Aesthetic Realism associate, worked for many years in sports radio broadcasting at WCBS & ABC, and has exciting talks & articles about sports based on his study of Aesthetic Realism.
See “When Is a Fight Beautiful?: George Bellows’ Dempsey & Firpo“ —a video of his talk in the series “Art Answers the Questions of Your Life!”
Talks by Palmer include: Triumph & Sadness: Opposites in Ourselves & in Nat Fein’s Photo of Babe Ruth’s Farewell, presented at the Cooperstown Baseball Hall of Fame in 2012; Care for Yourself & Justice to Others: Do They Have to Fight? with a discussion about Branch Rickey; True Strength in a Man with a discussion about Muhammad Ali; and Honesty—Will It Get a Man What He Really Wants? has a discussion about Hank Greenberg.
To arrange for speakers on sports at your organization, school, or center contact: Devorah Tarrow, Outreach Coordinator, 212.777.4490.
FURTHER READING
♦ Ft. Worth, TX LaVida News-The Black Voice: “The Aesthetic Realism Teaching Method is the Solution to the Crisis in Education!” by Jeffrey Williams, with a discussion about baseball player Sammy Sosa.
Sports written of in online issues of The Right of Aesthetic Realism to Be Known
♦ The Two Kinds of Pleasure—& Tiger Woods
♦ There Is an Ethical Unconscious has a section on Chuck Knoblauch, former Yankee second baseman, and his difficulty throwing the ball.
♦ Ethics, Emotion, & Sports