Aesthetic Realism explains that every fight we have is based on either respect or contempt for the world. For example, when people fought the Nazis in World War II, they were fighting in behalf of respect—for justice. But most fights are based on the desire to have contempt, to be superior, and this desire causes […]

I learned from Aesthetic Realism that a man will feel truly expressed when he’s consciously going after his deepest desire, which is there from birth: honestly to like the world, to see meaning in what is not himself, and this very much includes other people. The thing that stifles true expression in us is also […]