The Cathartic Experience

A discussion of Aristoteles’ concept of catharsis, and of how to beneficially transfer it to resilient design creation

Kristine Harper
Counter Arts
Published in
6 min readAug 5, 2023

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Photo by Hulki Okan Tabak on Unsplash

I have previously written about the sublime aesthetic experience as opposed to the beautiful. The sublime experience is heavy in the sense that it contains discomfort and even distress. Despite the potential distress tied…

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Kristine Harper
Counter Arts

Author, sustainability nut, and blogger at The Immaterialist. Explorer of uncultivated behaviour and tropical nature. Follow me on Insta @the_immaterialist