Analysis of Dewey in relation to "Experience"

What is experience? Is experience the process in which an individual lives his/her life thoroughly, in which multiple events are not regretted or is it the process of accumulating experience (wisdom, mental wisdom etc) through daily tasks? Well we may never know but throughout the reading “Art As Experience” by John Dewey, he believes that art should be understood in terms of the conditions of human life. For example, Dewey believes that humans and animals share certain basic vital needs, deriving the means for satisfying these needs from animal nature. Basically life progresses not only in an environment but in an interaction with that environment. The live creature uses its organs to interact with the environment through defense and conquest while very need is a lack of adequate adjustment to the environment, and also a demand to restore adjustment and each recovery is enriched by resistance met and overcome. Also Dewey defines that an experience is one in which the material of experience is fulfilled or consummated, as for example when a problem is solved, or a game is played to its conclusion. Dewey contrasts this with experience, in which we are distracted and do not complete our course of action. In addition an experience is marked off from other experiences, containing within itself an individualizing quality. He believes his talk of “an experience” is in accord with everyday usage, even though it is contrary to the way philosophers talk about experience. For Dewey, life is a collection of histories, each with their own plots, conclusions, movements and rhythms in which each has a unique quality. However in relation to art, works of art such as paintings, sculptures, and architecture are important examples of an experience in which the artist(s) possess an awareness that is consciously “moving”, thus being alive. In relation, Dewey believes that humans only feel properly alive when absorbing the aesthetic features of nature. The activities of the perceiver are comparable to those of the creator in which reception that is full perception not recognition is a series of responsive acts resulting in fulfillment. In perception (what is seen by the human eye, thus being interpreted), the consciousness becomes alive such as one experiencing. However, consciousness requires implicit involvement of motor response throughout the organism, which entails that the scene perceived be pervaded by emotion. Although this phase of experience involves some type of surrender, this can only be done through controlled activity, not withdrawal.So my question that I have for everyone to answer is that since animals and humans are related on a similar basis, who proclaims that animals cannot produce works of art such as humans do?