자연환경은 우리에게 다양한 혜택을 제공하였음에도 불구하고 인간을 둘러싼 중요한 환경임을 인식하는 데는 많은 시간이 필요하였다. 또한 시간이 흐를수록 그 중요성은 강하게 부각되고 있다. 듀이(Dewey, 1938)는 인간을 둘러싼 주위의 세계를 우리와 상호작용하는 환경으로 보고 이를 “환경적 조건(environmental conditions)”임을 강조한다. 환경적 조건은 인간과 환경, 양자가 지배적 관계이기보다는 수평적 관계이며, 인간의 삶과 정신활동에 중요한 영향을 미칠 수 있는 조건이 된다.
Men and the environment are inseparably related to each other. This connection to environment has a great effect on human life. Nature has a significance as an important environment related to human life. Artistic activity through nature is also related to life and has a significance that needs relating activity with the nature. Activity in the nature, however, can have a significance when it is perceived as ‘situation' in artistic activity by learners. The learning situation enables the development of positive activity that is related to the learner's existence and influence when it is perceived as a concrete situation of mind that something comes into and has a relation(situation the learner perceives). This is based on Dewey's Theory of situation. Dewey's ‘concept of situation' brings the necessity and importance of perceiving the real human life into relief and has an important educational suggestion. Cognitive activity of relation is related to aesthetical experience. Reasoning activity in context to solve the problematic situation relating to personal life related to what enables the formation of a meaningful knowledge as well as aesthetical experience. To perceive the situation of artistic activity in the nature enables the activity of quest accompanying a significant behavior. It also contains various experiences of attempt and aesthetical experience through reflective thought. Learning situation of arts should not remain at just judging the situation, but place more weight on understanding the horizontal and win-win relation with the nature by cognitive activity through situation. This study groped for a practical plan of nature experiencing artistic activity based on Dewey's theory of situation. This is expected to be a moment of perceiving that arts is not separated from human life and its ground. The aesthetical experience through artistic activity in the nature might also enable the natural perception and discovery of arts, nature and the arts as natu