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People Long Ago—Are We Like Them?

At this children’s event, boys and girls ages 5-12 will learn how every person—whether someone at a nearby desk at school or a person of pre-history—has tremendous value and can be a means of happily knowing ourselves.

The class is taught by Aesthetic Realism consultants Barbara Allen and Robert Murphy. And, for this event, there will be a guest teacher: Arnold Perey, PhD, anthropologist, Aesthetic Realism consultant, and author of a novel against racism titled Gwe, Young Man of New Guinea. The purpose of this class is to show young persons what Aesthetic Realism, the education founded by the American poet and critic Eli Siegel, explains—that their deepest desire is to know and like the world. The class will be seeing the practicality and urgency of this principle: “The world, art, and self explain each other: each is the aesthetic oneness of opposites.” Through stories, artifacts, and PowerPoint, Dr. Perey will show the children ways they are like people who lived thousands of years ago, or who live now under circumstances that seem so different from one’s own. He says:
“People, everywhere in the world, from the grasslands of Africa to the tents of Asia and North America, can teach us about ourselves. All people are trying to put together opposites—toughness and gentleness, accuracy and wildness, and many more.”

Children will learn that through truly knowing people we can find out who we are. They’ll see that other people are real—their feelings are as important as our own. This class is a powerful opponent to the prejudice, bullying, and contempt so prevalent in schools, homes, and on the streets of America.











When: Sat., Apr. 15, 2017 at 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
Where: Aesthetic Realism Foundation
141 Greene St.
212-777-4490
Price: $8
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At this children’s event, boys and girls ages 5-12 will learn how every person—whether someone at a nearby desk at school or a person of pre-history—has tremendous value and can be a means of happily knowing ourselves.

The class is taught by Aesthetic Realism consultants Barbara Allen and Robert Murphy. And, for this event, there will be a guest teacher: Arnold Perey, PhD, anthropologist, Aesthetic Realism consultant, and author of a novel against racism titled Gwe, Young Man of New Guinea. The purpose of this class is to show young persons what Aesthetic Realism, the education founded by the American poet and critic Eli Siegel, explains—that their deepest desire is to know and like the world. The class will be seeing the practicality and urgency of this principle: “The world, art, and self explain each other: each is the aesthetic oneness of opposites.” Through stories, artifacts, and PowerPoint, Dr. Perey will show the children ways they are like people who lived thousands of years ago, or who live now under circumstances that seem so different from one’s own. He says:
“People, everywhere in the world, from the grasslands of Africa to the tents of Asia and North America, can teach us about ourselves. All people are trying to put together opposites—toughness and gentleness, accuracy and wildness, and many more.”

Children will learn that through truly knowing people we can find out who we are. They’ll see that other people are real—their feelings are as important as our own. This class is a powerful opponent to the prejudice, bullying, and contempt so prevalent in schools, homes, and on the streets of America.

Buy tickets/get more info now