Aesthetic Realism and Self-Expression
Miriam Mondlin, Aesthetic Realism Consultant

There is much written on this subject but the definitive explanation of its cause is in "An Approach to a Philosophy of Self and Disease" in Eli Siegel's Self and World.  "Stuttering," Mr. Siegel writes, "is one of the most conspicuous manifestations of the antagonistic impact of a desire to express, with a desire to withhold." And as he continues, he literally is describing technically what happens when one stutters: "It is the embodiment of inhibition and forwardness; it is the explosive, excessively energetic, excessively repetitious, and excessively denying, bodily symbol of the sudden battle between the centrifugal and centripetal selves." 

See my article on Aesthetic Realism and the interference with self-expression: "How My Stuttering Ended."

     And another article about the usefulness of Aesthetic Realism in the understanding of stuttering by Aesthetic Realism Consultant and Educator, Arnold Perey, Ph.D. The Answer for Our Schools—about a young man who stuttered and because of what he learned in Aesthetic Realism consultations—his stuttering diminished.

Unions, the Economy, & Aesthetic Realism

      I am also proud to have worked as a staff member of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (now UNITE HERE!) for many years. My study of Aesthetic Realism has shown me how vital unions are to the well-being of Americans. Unions have been central in getting people decent wages, health care, job security, safer working conditions. I have seen that when unions are strong, working people are much better off. See the article by Timothy Lynch, who heads Teamsters Local 1205, published in the Star Ledger (Newark, NJ).

      On my website, I also include links to articles about issues affecting people everyday. For example an article by sociologist Devorah Tarrow on seniors and health care and another by fashion executive Bruce Blaustein on fathers and sons.

Aesthetic Realism Opposes Racism

       I want to tell you about a new publication on the subject of racism that in my opinion is the definitive text for how to end racism based on solid, tested, principles.This book— Aesthetic Realism and the Answer to Racism includes Articles Published Nationwide & Abroad by Alice Bernstein & Others and the important early essay of Eli Siegel—"The Equality of Man," first published in 1923. In the introduction, Alice Bernstein writes that Aesthetic Realism and the Answer to Racism "is being published with a sense of urgency and hope; urgency because racism is still rampant in the world; hope, because there is a true, practical, kind, learnable, and yes, even beautiful answer." For more about this new book by Alice Bernstein and how to order it, Click here.