Terrific class for women has answers we need for love to succeed

"In caring for someone,…in marrying someone, our hope is to like the world. However, most people have a disposition to care for a person as a means of consolation for the fact that one hasn’t like the world so far."

That honest like of the world is the essential basis for the success of a marriage--this has never been seen before! That is what is in the above statement by Eli Siegel, founder of Aesthetic Realism: the deepest and best purpose of marriage, and the thing that makes marriage go wrong.

On Saturday, June 7, from 11 AM - 12:30 PM, women will be in the midst of studying this explanation, in the Understanding Marriage! class, titled "Is the Purpose of Marriage Shelter from, or Love for, the World?" It will be taught by Aesthetic Realism consultants Barbara Allen, Anne Fielding, and Pauline Meglino, authorities in this field for over 30 years.

Cultural and exciting, the class will include discussions about the immediacy of those ideas for women’s lives. And the following sentences will also be explored:

"Love, in other words, can be a means of shelter from an unkind world, a world not too interested in us, as we see it; or it can be a means of intensifying, affirming, extending, subtilizing a care for the world."

The class takes place in the third floor library of the Aesthetic Realism Foundation, 141 Greene Street, off West Houston Street, in SoHo, 212.777.4490. The class is $10. Please visit AestheticRealism.org for more information.

Dramatic & Musical event June 8: "Shakespeare, Mozart, & the Victory You Want Most!

What do Shakespeare’s The Tempest and Mozart’s Flute Concerto in G have to do with one of the biggest questions in every person’s life, and a huge question for nations? Come hear and see, as the Aesthetic Realism Theatre Company presents “Shakespeare, Mozart, &—The Victory You Want Most!” This moving cultural and entertainment event includes a dramatic presentation of “Shakespeare’s The Tempest—or, Darkness I Love You,” Eli Siegel's lecture, with scenes—magnificently acted—from the play.

I have seen this lecture enacted by the Theatre Company and it is moving, surprising, educating.


And Part 2 is "Mozart’s Flute Concerto in G Shows the Victory of Self-Questioning! with performance and commentary by Barbara Allen on flute and Edward Green on piano. The actors and musicians say:

"Hear how Shakespeare and Mozart powerfully and delightfully show: our greatest victory is not in domination, acquisition, running other people’s lives. It is to see the world and ourselves truly, with courage!"

The Aesthetic Realism Founda­tion is a not-for-profit educational foundation, 141 Greene St., off W. Houston St., in SoHo. There is a suggested contribution of $12. Seating is on a first-arrival basis, or reservations can be made by calling 212-777-4490; www.AestheticRealism.org .

Harriet Tubman, The Underground Railroad, and the Cause of Slavery

I've become a student of the Underground Railroad and am now lecturing on it with colleagues Barbara McClung (NYC elementary school teacher); Monique Michael (also a NYC Elementary school teacher); and Allan Michael (Maritime Captain). Here's a photo of myself and Barbara giving a presentation at a historical society, about this wonderful, courageous part of American history.

May 2008, Above is a photo of Jeffrey Carduner and Anne Fielding speaking at a senior living residence. They have a good effect on senior citizens' lives, as they show what Aesthetic Realism teaches about honestly liking the world through learning about art. Here, they and men and women in the audience discuss a Van Gogh portrait of M. Roulin. A center director said recently that she wished Ms. Fielding and J. Carduner could come to speak to her seniors every week! Devorah Tarrow