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Your cumulative score

The scale is organized in three categories:

Aesthetic Appreciation

is the degree to which a person is responsive to the aesthetics of experiences and of their environment

Intense Aesthetic Experience

is the degree to which a person regularly responds to aesthetic experiences in a very intense way as opposed to more commonplace forms of appreciation

Creative Behavior

represents the degree to which a person engages in creative behaviors such as arts making and production

What this means

To better understand where your aesthetic responsiveness is on the three individual and the cumulative scales, use this ranking guideline

1Low
2Below Average
3Average
4Above Average
5High

I attend music, dance, theater, museums and/or digital art activities

I see beauty when I look at or experience art

I am emotionally moved by music

I am impressed by symmetry in artistic works

I sculpt, paint, draw, create films/video, or design

When I look at art, I feel positive energy or invigoration

I write poetry, lyrics, nonfiction and/or fiction

When I view art, my heart beats faster, or I have other physical effects

I appreciate the visual design of buildings and interior spaces

Presently (or in the past) I take (or have taken) classes in art, creative writing, or aesthetics, etc

When making or beholding art, I experience a sense of connection and community

When experiencing the arts, I feel a oneness, unity or connectedness with the universe/nature/existence/deity

I am deeply moved when I look at art

I experience joy, serenity, or other positive emotions when l am am making or beholding the arts

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