Welcome to my blog!

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

I am an Associate of Aesthetic Realism which is the philosophy founded by the 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.

Here are some of the subjects I have spoken on: "Mind and Body: Can a Man Use Both to Be Kind?", "The Pleasures and Perils of Conceit", "What Do Fathers and Sons Really Want from Each Other?" and "What Stops a Man from Having True Love?"

I have also discussed in talks artists such as Rembrandt, Alberto Giacometti, Diego Rivera, Louise Nevelson, and Roy Lichtenstein.

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

Please make sure to look at my archives for additional articles.

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

Steve