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The emergence of beauty and emotions from matter is discussed in the framework of modern Quantum Physics. The artistic experience is connected with a resonant interaction between subjects and objects, which is made possible by the quantum property of all bodies to fl uctuate.
aesthetics, fl uctuations, quantum physics, resonance.
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