When you interact with art you find meaningful, you are engaging the region of your brain that is associated with introspection. This can lead to positive outcomes, like cultural understanding and empathy. People engaging with art who experience small transformations like these report learning, finding meaning, and positive feelings. People who experience much larger transformations when interacting with art are more likely to report short-term negative emotions, since often this involves having their worldview completely altered. Larger transformations, while initially frightening or disconcerting, have the capacity to lead to positive outcomes like personal growth.