"All beauty is a making one of opposites, and the making one of opposites is what we are going after in ourselves." -- Eli Siegel
I have studied this principle of Aesthetic Realism for more than twenty-five years. I've learned how it's true about a song by Billy Joel; about Shakespeare's immortal play Hamlet; about the hills, trees, and hedgerows of Kent, in England, where I was born; about the monuments of Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn where I live now -- and about me. (See "Aesthetic Realism Is True")
This principle explains not only what beauty is and why it stirs us, but also the greatest opposition to racism. Justice is indivisible, according to Aesthetic Realism. It's not only a social goal or campaign, but it begins in the thoughts of every person, with how we see the world not us, including people.
How can you learn more? Find out at the following events:
Aesthetic Realism seminars for July and August
-- On JULY 10
INTENSITY & EASE IN A WOMAN: HOW CAN THESE OPPOSITES BE ONE?
Speakers: Meryl Nietsch-Cooperman, Ann Richards, Devorah Tarrow
-- On AUGUST 7
COMFORT, JUSTICE, OBLIGATIONS—CAN A MAN MAKE SENSE OF THESE?
Speakers: Avi Gvili, Matthew D'Amico, Bruce Blaustein
Saturday night presentations
-- On JULY 19
What Does It Mean to Be True to Oneself?
On Eugene O'Neill's Beyond the Horizon, the Beatles' She Loves You, an Aesthetic Realism lesson given by Eli Siegel to an actor -- and more!
-- On AUGUST 16
The Thrilling Relation of Art & Life!
Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, a lesson about what love is, Lewis Carroll's The Walrus and the Carpenter -- and much, much more!
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Special Event on Rock and Roll!
