Folder Name: 266 Book Name: E00117_Analytic_psychology.pdf Summary: to all objects of sense and imagination. We can never retain the same distinctiveness and vividness in our perception or imagination for long periods of time. Hence, all these objects, in a sense, incite us to sustain and renew them by continual effort. The more engaging and attractive they are, the more they incite us to attend to and refresh them. In this way, the pleasurable feelings associated with aesthetic contemplation are closely connected with the active tendencies of conation, leading to a continuous interaction between perception, imagination, and subjective agency in shaping our mental experiences.