Infinite Expressions.

"So much of our experience is intangible."
- from the film, Waking Life

There are numerous ways by which certain thoughts, feelings, or emotions are expressed. There are almost infinite conduits of conveying the innermost desires and yearnings of an otherwise solitary human being. No matter how deep or shallow, no matter how concrete or vague what kept inside will always find an interminable and viable channel through which it can freely gush.

Humanity’s need to express stems directly from the inescapable necessity of having to take its place in a society, and of having to interact and to connect with one another for the sheer goal of survival and of progress. It streams directly from every one’s “desire to transcend isolation and have some sort of connection.” And it all begins from humanity’s desire to transcend, if not at all bridge the gap of, imperfections overwhelmingly deluding it.

Language, the most viable form of human expression, is itself created out of imperfection. Like any other inventions, it is spawned by “some kind of striving and of a frustration.” And when language is almost perfected, or established, in human civilizations, communication became more efficient and expression became easier.

But to how far does language –– of inherently meaningless phonemes and morphemes – encompass each thought and emotion? To how much extent does language –– of inert words and mere symbol –convey reality and epitomize the exactness of thoughts and emotions contained, needing to be expressed?

Language makes sense so long as it encompasses the thoughts and emotions embodied in one’s experience. Language thrives within the context in which it is used, and in which meanings are assigned to as far as it is it relevant to one’s personal experiences.

Ordinarily, a certain word coming from a concrete source is received. It reaches the auditory senses, translated into electronic impulses and travels through the “Byzantine conduits” in the brain where it is interpreted. The process of interpretation involves the retrieval of previous experiences, of memories, by which understanding is made possible. The presence or absence of it from the wide array of experience-memories inside the brain determines how it is understood, and how relevant it is.

The wonder of it is that so much of language is intangible, abstract and inherently dead concepts in the same way that experiences are intangible, incompletely perceived and unspeakable. Yet, the innate imperfection embodied by both language and experience makes sense when it is used, when it is manifested in various types of communication, in everyday conversation. The more experiences grow and the more language is used to encompass such experiences, the more the world makes sense between and among people who communicate their inner desires and yearnings, their thoughts, emotions and feelings. And the world seems connected as some form of communion is established.

Transient and fleeting these horizons maybe because of the differences in which experiences are handled and of the impossibility of conveying its eternal, universal and true meaning, the simple manner that it is conveyed, however, brings some sense of fulfillment and it is just the way it is.