Some of us do agree that reading (whatever) is unlikely to evoke an
aesthetic experience. Or, to be more specific, reading criticism. Reading a
poem, novel might be different.
Seeing a sunset (say) can provide an intense experience. However, I would
not consider it artistic (no human hand involved in producing it) but
possibly aesthetic. Would others agree?
Geoff C
From: "Chris Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: Expertise and aesthetic experience
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:05:50 GMT
As Derek once asked, "What *is* an "aesthetic experience"?" --- and perhaps
not everyone here would say that they had such things - or even if we all
would -- it's quite likely that we use the phrase differently.
As Mando would say -- it's a "Wow!" kind of experience -- and perhaps we
would
all agree -- but beyond that ?
For example both Cheerskep and I like to watch sports -- but I would never
call any of those experiences "aesthetic" - however exciting/intense they
may
be.
Last week -- I saw an animated mural at our local natural history museum.
It
made me feel like I was immersed in a primeval forest and about to get
trampled by a herd of woolly mammoth -- a very big WoW! for me -- but I
would
save the term "aesthetic experience" for what I felt from some of the
Southwest Indian painted jars in another part of the exhibit.
Perhaps no one else here would make that kind of distinction.
Though I still agree with Cheerskep that expert advice has never caused
me
to derive an aesthetic experience from a work that did not occasion it
before.
(and I'm still waiting to read a specific counter example)
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