▁and ▁more . ▁ ▁He ▁designed ▁and ▁produced ▁two ▁short ▁films ▁shown ▁as ▁rear - screen ▁pro jections ▁representing ▁the ▁dream s ▁and ▁night mar es ▁of ▁the ▁title ▁character ▁in ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁Opera ' s ▁production ▁of ▁Alberto ▁G in aster a ' s ▁Beat rix ▁C enci ▁at ▁Lincoln ▁Center . ▁ ▁A est h etic ▁Real ism ▁ ▁A ▁p iv otal ▁point ▁in ▁K imm el man ' s ▁life ▁and ▁career ▁was ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 6 , ▁when ▁he ▁began ▁to ▁study ▁A est h etic ▁Real ism ▁with ▁its ▁founder , ▁Eli ▁Sie gel , ▁the ▁American ▁poet ▁and ▁phil os opher ▁who ▁defined ▁beauty ▁and ▁explained ▁the ▁relation ▁between ▁art ▁and ▁life . ▁His ▁statement , ▁" All ▁beauty ▁is ▁a ▁making ▁one ▁of ▁oppos ites , ▁and ▁the ▁making ▁one ▁of ▁oppos ites ▁is ▁what ▁we ▁are ▁going ▁after ▁in ▁ourselves " ▁was ▁illustrated ▁in   ▁K imm el man ' s ▁first ▁educational ▁film , ▁People ▁Are ▁Trying ▁to ▁Put ▁O pp os ites ▁T ogether , ▁a ▁document ary ▁of ▁Sie gel ▁teaching ▁an ▁A est h etic ▁Real ism ▁class . ▁It ▁was ▁shown ▁on ▁W NET - TV , ▁Channel ▁ 1 3 ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁in ▁October , ▁ 1 9 6 8 ▁and ▁again ▁in ▁September , ▁ 1 9 6 9 . ▁ ▁Over ▁the ▁years , ▁K imm el man ▁has ▁written ▁in ▁professional ▁journ als ▁and ▁spoken ▁at ▁film ▁festiv als