Aesthetic Realism Looks at Things: Weariness & Energy
Commenting on Daniel Webster, Judy Garland, spring, & more, Eli Siegel said,

“The universe itself is a problem in weariness and energy. Consequently, any person representing the universe—and a person does represent the universe—is also a problem in weariness and energy.”

How Much Feeling?  Reenactment of the Aesthetic Realism Lesson of Leo McDonald

“One’s greatest question can be put very simply: Do I feel the world in the right way? Do I have the best feeling for people and things not myself, near and far?” –Eli Siegel

What I Learned about Boldness and Timidity from Matisse’s Destiny by artist & consultant Marcia Rackow

“Matisse doesn’t assert to make up for unsureness, as I did. And he is not timid and wavering—as I could be, to cover up my hidden desire to manage. Matisse, as artist, has an honest purpose: to be just to the world.”

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