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 Speakers on Aesthetic Realism in Baltimore: Dedication of Eli Siegel Memorial
 Eli Siegel Day in Baltimore / August 28, 2002
In this issue we publish three of the statements presented on August 16 at the Dedication of the Eli Siegel Memorial in Druid Hill Park, Baltimore, Maryland. ... more
Learning Can Succeed — and Racism Can End! / September 4, 2002
Now we publish ... the statement by New York City teachers Lois Mason and Rosemary Plumstead on the tremendous importance of Mr. Siegel’s thought for American education. Ms. Mason teaches history at New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn, Mrs. Plumstead science at Fiorello LaGuardia High School of the Arts in Manhattan. Both are instructors of the course for educators "The Aesthetic Realism of Eli Siegel As Teaching Method."
And we publish the statements of August 16 on the fact that Aesthetic Realism is the means to end racism truly at last. Arnold Perey, PhD, is an anthropologist and Aesthetic Realism consultant. His Columbia University doctoral dissertation (1973) is based on Aesthetic Realism. Monique Michael is a New York City teacher; and Allan Michael is a Maritime Captain and photographer. Jaime Torres, DPM, is Chief of Podiatry at Coler-Goldwater Memorial Hospital and on the advisory board of the National Hispanic Medical Association. ... more
Objection, Unions, and Art / September 11, 2002
Some of what unions have objected to — what men and women literally risked their lives objecting to; were blacklisted and beaten by thugs and shot at for objecting to — is described in this sentence by Eugene V. Debs, 1918:
I am thinking this morning of the men in the mills and factories; I am thinking of the women who, for a paltry wage, are compelled to work out their lives; of the little children who, in this system, are robbed of their childhood, and ... forced into the industrial dungeons, there to feed the machines while they themselves are being starved body and soul.
The fundamental objection had by unions is described here by Timothy Lynch. It is an objection to that which Eli Siegel identified as the source of all cruelty: contempt. ...A person’s wages and safety, should not depend on the wishes of someone who wants to make money from that person’s body, mind, and life. ... more
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Current Issues: The most recent issues in which Aesthetic Realism explains the news, happenings in people's lives, events in history, and some of the most moving works in literature. |
National Ethics: What honest criteria can we use to be good critics of ethics on the national and international levels? Aesthetic Realism looks at ethics as to loyalty, international affairs, & more. |
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Literature / Poetry: Discussing many great works of poetry and prose. Criticism, wrote Eli Siegel compactly, is showing "a good thing as good, a bad thing as bad, and a middling thing as middling." |
Love: How Aesthetic Realism describes the purpose of love--"to like the world honestly through another person." Discussion of what interferes with having real love--today and in history. |
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Racism—the Cause & Solution: The Aesthetic Realism understanding of contempt as the cause of racism, and the place of aesthetics in respecting, pleasurably, people different from oneself. |
The Economy: Why our economic system has failed to meet the needs of the American people, and the Aesthetic Realism understanding of good will as the basis for successful and fair economics |
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Education: The success of the Aesthetic Realism Teaching Method in having students learn to read and write--learn science, social studies, art, every subject--and be kinder, less angry, less prejudiced. |
Eli Siegel Day in Baltimore: Talks given on August 16, 2002, Eli Siegel's Centenary, placing Mr. Siegel and Aesthetic Realism, his work, in terms of world culture and history. |
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Archives: The rich education provided by Aesthetic Realism in issues of The Right of Aesthetic Realism to Be Known which are online. |
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