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Life, Money, & Reality’s Opposites

This Dramatic Presentation of the kind and beautiful philosophy Aesthetic Realism will feature “Aesthetic Realism & Frank Norris’s The Pit,” a lecture by Eli Siegel presented in dramatic reading.

Speaking of this novel about a marriage and dealings on the Chicago Board of Trade in the 1890s, Eli Siegel said:

“Norris was interested in the inward goings-on of a person. Yet there was the very big desire in him, too, to embrace whole mountain ranges, to take in a whole continent. “He felt, ‘There are many people who want to produce things, and many people who want to use them. Why does there have to be all this suffering?’”

And there will be a reenactment of an Aesthetic Realism Lesson, conducted by Eli Siegel and presented also in dramatic reading, given the title: “A Man, a Woman, Romance, & Money.”

This is from the Lesson: “Every person’s dissatisfaction is a feeling that “I’m getting more than I deserve and also less than I deserve.” A woman could say, ‘Kisses I get aplenty, but esteem too little.’…Money happens to be a very deep evoker of the worst in us and the best.”

And architect Dale Laurin will present “Heaviness & Lightness in the Empire State Building—& Ourselves” He says,

“One of the most beautiful things about the Empire State Building is the way its somber and massive limestone walls are set off by the vertical gleaming of hundreds of stainless steel window frames. The way heaviness and lightness, massiveness and gracefulness, are inseparable, completing each other, is exhilarating.”











When: Sat., May. 20, 2017 at 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Where: Aesthetic Realism Foundation
141 Greene St.
212-777-4490
Price: $10 suggested contrib.
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This Dramatic Presentation of the kind and beautiful philosophy Aesthetic Realism will feature “Aesthetic Realism & Frank Norris’s The Pit,” a lecture by Eli Siegel presented in dramatic reading.

Speaking of this novel about a marriage and dealings on the Chicago Board of Trade in the 1890s, Eli Siegel said:

“Norris was interested in the inward goings-on of a person. Yet there was the very big desire in him, too, to embrace whole mountain ranges, to take in a whole continent. “He felt, ‘There are many people who want to produce things, and many people who want to use them. Why does there have to be all this suffering?’”

And there will be a reenactment of an Aesthetic Realism Lesson, conducted by Eli Siegel and presented also in dramatic reading, given the title: “A Man, a Woman, Romance, & Money.”

This is from the Lesson: “Every person’s dissatisfaction is a feeling that “I’m getting more than I deserve and also less than I deserve.” A woman could say, ‘Kisses I get aplenty, but esteem too little.’…Money happens to be a very deep evoker of the worst in us and the best.”

And architect Dale Laurin will present “Heaviness & Lightness in the Empire State Building—& Ourselves” He says,

“One of the most beautiful things about the Empire State Building is the way its somber and massive limestone walls are set off by the vertical gleaming of hundreds of stainless steel window frames. The way heaviness and lightness, massiveness and gracefulness, are inseparable, completing each other, is exhilarating.”

Buy tickets/get more info now