The Connective Trance as a Perceptual Condition of Aesthetic Experience
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
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| Key points | Argues that aesthetic experience depends on suspending immediate interpretation to activate heightened embodied receptivity, and proposes "Connective Trance"—a condition where sensory, symbolic, and affective dimensions converge—as a framework in which meaning emerges as lived experience rather than rational decoding. |
Abstract
This article proposes Connective Trance as an original conceptual framework for the analysis of aesthetic experience. Drawing on phenomenology (Merleau-Ponty), complexity theory (Morin), and analytical psychology (Jung), the paper argues that aesthetic experience requires a suspension of interpretative immediacy in order to activate a state of heightened embodied receptivity. The concept of Connective Trance is introduced as a perceptual and cognitive condition in which sensory, symbolic, and affective dimensions converge, allowing meaning to emerge as lived experience rather than as rational decoding. The article positions Connective Trance as a theoretical tool for contemporary art analysis and spectatorship studies.