Events in December at the Aesthetic Realism Foundation

Come to these great presentations during December!

Aesthetic Realism Public Seminar on Thursday, December 1 at 6:30 pm

DOES A MAN THINK TOO MUCH ABOUT HIMSELF--& TOO LITTLE?
Consultants Derek Mali, Bruce Blaustein, Joseph Meglino

Dramatic Presentation on Saturday, December 17th at 8:00 pm

CHRISTMAS CAROLS BEGIN WITH THE WORLD'S OPPOSITES!

Sung and commented on by performers from the Aesthetic Realism Theatre Company

What can we learn from such beloved carols as “Joy to the World!,” “Little Drummer Boy,” “Silent Night”?

GOOD WILL OR ILL WILL IN MARRIAGE Aesthetic Realism Lesson

Eli Siegel. Any situation in this world can be accompanied by ill will or good will. Two married people often tell each other in a quiet, elegant way, “You deceived me.” …Criticism, which is not ill will, should take the place of ill will.

INSTINCT IS ABOUT MONEY --; POWER; OR, MASSINGER'S A NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEBTS by Eli Siegel

“There is a certain relation between this, one of the most famous plays of Elizabethan or Jacobean drama, and A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Giles Overreach, the most famous of his kind of goer-after-money, represents villainy unrelenting; and he has a bad ending. Along with all his sharpness, there is, likewise, something stupid. The only way villainy will ever be got rid of is if people honestly can see it as stupid.”

And there is more on these presentations which are entertaining, educating, and a good time!
Hope to see you!

JAZZ & LIFE: A CELEBRATION! Saturday, November 19th 8PM

Come, see, hear this great celebration of jazz and life this Saturday, November 19th at 8 PM at the Aesthetic Realism Foundation, 141 Greene Street, in SoHo, New York City. Phone: 212-777-4490

THE WORLD, AS SUCH, IS PRESENT IN JAZZ: SOME INDICATIONS With musical examples from Louis Armstrong, Baby Dodds, Jelly Roll Morton—and more. Eli Siegel says:

“Jazz, like the other arts, is both severe and easy. Jelly Roll Morton is in the tradition of accuracy as joy.”

FEELING BAD, GOOD WILL, & THE BLUES by Ellen Reiss Commenting on a song performed by Bessie Smith, the Class Chairman of Aesthetic Realism says:

“The blues, as form and meaning, is evidence for this: if a person were to have good will, even when she was feeling blue, depression would stop and beauty would begin.”

ROUGHNESS & SWEETNESS IN LOUIS ARMSTRONG'S RENDITION OF
“I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE” by jazz musician Alan Shapiro

“Sometimes Armstrong's voice sounds like an instrument, as he leaves the words
behind and scats. Yet we feel that the way he changes the song adds to it, definitely and lovably!”

THE ORDERLY EXTREME Discussing Shelby Foote's novella Ride Out, about a jazz musician, Eli Siegel says:

“This is one of the best things about music I know—also about people….If you can let go and still be orderly, you're an artist. The motto for jazz is: Professor Tiger.” and more! for announcement in pdf, click here and more!