When professor Redick was telling his story where he experienced the sublime, it sparked my interest. I began to think of the times in my life where I experienced the sublime. From what I got out of our discussion in class that day I concluded that the sublime occured on those rare occasions where you feel more alive than at other times. In class we related this feeling to exteme fear, when we see our lives at the edge and have a feeling that we are going to die. This occured once in my life when me and my friend decided to venture out on an ice coated river. After we got a good ways out on the ice my friend decided to test the thickness by kicking the ice really hard. After he went through he immediately grabed onto binging me down too. Fortunately I was able to grab onto the ledge of the ice before going to deep and pulled both of us out.
The moment that we went into the freezing cold water it was a sublime experience. I couldn't believe that my friend had kicked the ice to try to get it to crack and he grabbed onto me to take me in with him. I was kind of ticked off, but at the same time trying to get me and my friend out of the water. Even though many people say that they feel the sublime experience through extreme fear, I think it can occur in other times too. One way I think we can experience it is through exteme happiness. Just last night I was watching America's Funniest Videos and it had a clib where they showed about 20 grooms hitting the floor at the pulpit at their wedding.
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