"The world, art, and self explain each other: each is the aesthetic oneness of opposites."—Eli Siegel

 

Class for young people at the
Aesthetic Realism Foundation

LEARNING TO LIKE THE WORLD
A CLASS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

Robert Murphy, Barbara Allen  

May 15, 2010   click here for pdf

This class will not be held in June, July, and August, but will resume on September 25, 2010.

This workshop for young people between the ages of 5 and 12 teaches that their deepest desire is to know and like the world, and that everything—from a flower to mathematics to their mothers—can be used to like the world.  We discuss (for example) Animals, Sports, Food, Imagination, Conversations, Friends, Poetry, Art, Music. Some subjects: Happiness Means You and the World Are a Team!; Books Can Take Your Feelings Everywhere!;  Hurray for People—They've Got Insides Like Yours! 

See articles In the Press by Barbara Allen, "Ninth Graders Learn about Opposites in Reality, Literature, and Themselves," and Robert Murphy, " Why Young Men Are Bored and Angry."

 

Third Saturday each month, 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM (continuous)
Robert Murphy teaching how reading and catching a ball are related
Barbara Allen teaching about toughness and gentleness--opposites--in a sunflower

 

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