It is my pleasure and honour to study in professional classes taught by Class Chairman Ellen Reiss at the Aesthetic Realism Foundation in New York. She is a marvellous teacher, because (1) she always tries to be fair to the subject under discussion, and (2) she uses the principles of Aesthetic Realism, which were come to be Eli Siegel, in order to shed light upon it.
These classes are serious, because the purpose is always to see more true meaning in the world, and at the same time they are so lightsome, humourous, charming -- because the purpose is always to see more meaning in the world!
The recordings we hear of lectures given by Eli Siegel in the 1960's and 1970's are the greatest educational experience of my life. Here are the titles of some of Mr. Siegel's lectures, which you can read at the Aesthetic Realism Online Library:
