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My name is Steve Weiner, and I live in New York City.

I am an Associate of Aesthetic Realism, the philosophy founded by the great American poet and critic, Eli Siegel. Here are its three main principles:

1. Man's deepest desire, his largest desire, is to like the world on an honest basis.

2. The greatest danger or temptation of man is to get a false importance or glory from the lessening of things not himself; which lessening is Contempt.

3. The world, art, and self explain each other: each is the aesthetic oneness of opposites.

One of the joys of my life is presenting what I have learned from Aesthetic Realism at its not-for-profit foundation in Soho, and elsewhere.

These are some of the subjects I have spoken on:

       

        What Do Fathers and Sons Really Want from Each Other? 

         

        Mind and Body: Can a Man Use Both to Be Kind?

        The Pleasures and Perils of Conceit

        What Stops a Man from Having True Love?

        We’re Determined but Are We Right? The Criteria for Good Determination

        A Man's Imagination: What Kind is Good?

        Comfort or Justice: What Does a Man Want Most?

I have also discussed in talks artists such as Rembrandt, Alberto Giacometti, Diego Rivera, Louise Nevelson, and Roy Lichtenstein, and works of music including “The Swan” and “The Flower Duet.”

For many years, I was a Computer Specialist for the New York City Department of Education, and a labor union official.

If you wish to contact me, my email address is snweiner@yahoo.com

Steve