Had I not studied Aesthetic Realism, I would have spent my life trying to be strong in ways that hurt me, and feeling that when I was tender and affected by things, I was weak. In The Right Of #1354, Ellen Reiss explains the trouble I had about tenderness and strength: A woman does not […]

Aesthetic Realism logically, beautifully makes clear that a woman’s greatest need is to like the world and see meaning in it. Like many people, I felt that to really need anything was weak, and I should depend only on myself. This attitude can have us feel we don’t have to listen to another person; we […]