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Aesthetic Realism: Life, Love & Learning

Leila Rosen, English Educator & Aesthetic Realism Associate

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    • What’s Real Intelligence—about Ourselves & the World?
    • What, in a Woman Herself, Interferes with Love?
    • A Woman’s Determination: Right or Wrong?
    • Is Kindness Intelligent, Selfish, Strong?
    • Caring for People—Wisdom or Foolishness?
    • The Fight in Women between Security & Adventure—Is There a Beautiful Solution?
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    • We Want to Be Happy—But Do We Also Want Not to Be?
    • What Does Getting Ahead Really Mean?
    • What Is a Husband’s Biggest Mistake?
    • Can Men & Women Be Intelligent in Love?
    • A Man’s Imagination: What Makes It a Friend or Foe?
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    • Wowing People and Liking Oneself—What Is the Difference?
    • Does Our Anger Weaken or Strengthen Us?
    • What, in Ourselves, Hinders True Love?
    • Individuality and Love: Do They Have to Fight?
    • The Beauty of Baseball Shows Us How We Want to Be!
  • Successful Teaching: Here’s How
    • Through Aesthetic Realism Interest Wins, Cynicism Loses
    • On Gogol’s “The Nose,” a Satire on Snobbishness
    • Students Choose Knowing the World, Not Fighting with It
    • More on the Aesthetic Realism Teaching Method
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Welcome

About Me

Class Reports

— Art Is Within Science

— How Musical Can Sadness Be?—or, Grief, Anger, Hope

— Man Is Poetically Shown in Southern Road, 1932

— Poetry, Atmosphere and Neatness

— Some Poetry Is Distinguished

— The World Is In Idioms

Education

— Liking the World versus Contempt: on Gogol’s “The Nose”

— More on the Aesthetic Realism Teaching Method

— Poetry as Justice: Through the Aesthetic Realism Teaching Method, Aesthetics Defeats Contempt

— Students Choose Knowing the World, Not Fighting with It

— Through Aesthetic Realism Interest Wins, Cynicism Loses

Life & Love

— A Woman’s Determination: What Makes It Right or Wrong?

— Caring for People—Wisdom or Foolishness?

— Is Kindness Intelligent, Selfish, Strong?

— Justice versus Injustice in Men & Women

— The Debate in Every Person: To Have More Feeling or Less?

— True Self-Expression, and What Interferes

— We Want to Be Happy—But Do We Also Want Not to Be?

— What Are Women Looking For in Love?

— What Is Woman’s Greatest Victory—Appearing Beautiful or Seeing Beautifully?

— What, in a Woman Herself, Interferes with Love?

— What’s Real Intelligence—about Ourselves and the World?

 Links–& More

— Favorite Links about Literature & Teaching English

— To find out more about Aesthetic Realism

Literature & Life: A Blog

Photos & Travel

— Cities

— Landscapes

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“The Imaginary Mrs. Beethoven” by Martha Baird

How interested are we in the people close to us? Family members may care for each other, argue with each other, enjoy spending time with each other—but too often, they don’t really want to understand each other. The same is true for couples. Martha Baird describes this with humor and valuable criticism in this surprising poem: “The Imaginary Mrs. Beethoven.”

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