A part of existence, interwoven with the uninterruptedness of that existence, yet nevertheless felt as a whole, as an integrated unit—this is the form common to both the work of art and the adventure. Indeed, it is an attribute of this form to make us feel that in both the work of art and the adventure the whole of life is somehow comprehended and consummated—and this irrespective of the particular theme either of them may have. Moreover, we feel this, not although, but because, the work of art exists entirely beyond life as a reality; the adventure, entirely beyond life as an uninterrupted course which intelligibly connects every element with its neighbors.

XREF: This echoes the concept of 'framing' in aesthetics and the idea of adventure as a meaningful deviation from everyday continuity, resonant with phenomenological discussions of narrative and lived experience.

Georg Simmel, on individuality and social…, loc. 467