CURRENT MISSION To experience and respect the world in all of its diversity: its people and cultures. ABOUT ME I am an Associate of Aesthetic Realism which is the philosophy founded by the American poet and critic, Eli Siegel. In seminars at the Aesthetic Realism Foundation in Soho, I have spoken on such subjects as: "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 artists such as Diego Rivera, Alberto Giacometti, Louise Nevelson, and Roy Lichtenstein. You can read some of the papers I've presented by going to my blog: www.StevenWeiner.net PHILOSOPHY What I've learned from Aesthetic Realism: The difference of the world should not be "tolerated" by me; rather, it is a way of completing myself. The more interested I am in the world and people, the bigger, deeper person I become!