Dewey Q+A 1

What is the meaning behind Dewey’s concepts of ‘refined and intensified’ experiences?

I understand that Dewey's view is based on the experiences of people and those experiences that are "refined and intensified" these stand-alone experiences are what make things important to people. How can we really define an experience though? What's the difference between a simply odd experience and "an experience"? If one were to get a flood of emotion from a painting, is that art? If one were to enjoy a certain meal incredibly, is it an experience? Is it art? I understand Dewey's policy of the mutual artistic nature of the creator and observer. If the creator made something out of an artistic love and the observer sees it as art, then it is true art. However, if one of those things isn't met, is it no longer art? I feel at this point it simply becomes the "Experience" he mentions before, it becomes an artistic experience for someone and for them it allows an artistic expression, and yet it really isn't art to Dewey. To me, however, it is.