Aesthetic Experience
An Aesthetic Experience is a type of Connection Experience that occurs in natural environments, like forests. [1]
List of Connection Experience Types
Connection Experience > Activation Experience, Aesthetic Experience, Birth Experience, Clearing Experience, Completion Experience, Death Experience, Deep Flow, Diminutive Experience, Dream Experience, Flow Experience, Forced Connection, Healing Experience, Nadir Experience, Peak Experience, Plateau Experience, Push Experience, Rebirth Experience, Restorative Experience, Union Experience, Unity Experience, Zenith Experience
Notes
Aesthetic Experiences are one of several types of sub-transcendent Connection Experiences that Williams and Harvey identify is occurring in natural environments. These include Deep Flow, Diminutive Experiences, Aesthetic Experiences, and Restorative Experiences
"I was doing an animal count when I saw a kangaroo give birth to a pinky (tiny new born kangaroo) which made its way up to the pouch. Its unreal because not many get to see this event in the world. My heart raced as I tried to stay quiet."[2]
Footnotes
- ↑ Williams, Kathryn, and David Harvey. “Transcendent Experience in Forest Environments.” Journal of Environmental Psychology 21, no. 3 (September 1, 2001): 249–60. https://doi.org/10.1006/jevp.2001.0204.
- ↑ Williams, Kathryn, and David Harvey. “Transcendent Experience in Forest Environments.” Journal of Environmental Psychology 21, no. 3 (September 1, 2001): 249–60. https://doi.org/10.1006/jevp.2001.0204. p. 255.
