Catalina Giraldo
“An experience” is one in which the material of experience is fulfilled or consummated, as for example when a problem is solved, or a game is played to its conclusion. For Dewey “life is a collection of histories, each with their own plots, inceptions, conclusions, movements and rhythms. Each has a unique pervading quality” (57).
For me “an experience” is something that always is deeply connected with all the body, with every cell and organ and directed by the brain and nervous system as the director of an orchestra. But one experience is always heading for the emotions, because an individual’s state of mind is interacting with biochemical (internal) and environmental (external) influences. And it is associated with mood, temperament, personality, disposition, and motivation. Motivations direct and energize behavior, while emotions provide the affective component to motivation, positive or negative.
The basic emotions are being happy, excited, tender, scared, angry or sad. And the body is answering to these states of mind and being. In this way, we as artists can create emotions through an artistic experience, and sometimes the audience after the experience can change forever. I mean after have an experience one person can see objects or life different, moreover an artist is able to show another realities that anybody was able to see before.
So I wonder “how many realities we can experience”? First, I believe that we can experience many realities depending on how our emotions are and second, if we are awake or if we are sleeping and dreaming. Otherwise, we can dream when we are awake but also we can dream when we are sleeping. So if we are artists “should we be able to create art as an aesthetic experience giving freedom of some emotions and giving a message with this creation”?.
Work cited
John Dewey. “Having an Experience,” (Ch. 3 of Art as Experience). 1934