Aesthetic Values Are Distal Versions of Practical Values

I believe the first thing to say about value is that it is something that we do. We value things. There is no value out there independent of valuing beings. This is the most metaphysically parsimonious way to understand what is going on.
Nevertheless, it is perfectly compatible with this view, and most fitting the character of our valuing activities, that we are focused on things or events and not merely our experiences of those things or events. I value my children, not (necessarily) my experience of my children. I value the symphony, not
(necessarily) my experience of the symphony.1 Moreover, we can talk about how the qualities of objects or events afford or sustain our valuing activities. Different qualities are suited to sustain different sorts of valuing activities.