Can Language Capture the Enormity of Experience?

Can Language Capture the Enormity of Experience?

My first impression is no. When thinking of my life experiences I cannot imagine trying to fit them on pages. Personally I like hiking and being outdoors. I really have an appreciation of nature. For me to try to take the beauty, tranquility and the sublime aspects of nature and put them into words would not do them the justice they deserve, especially with my writing and communication skills. I do not believe that anyone has the ability or mastery of language to be able to truly capture an experience such as hiking in the mountains. I know that there are some authors and storytellers that can paint a vivid picture of a scene but in my experiences, nothing can bet the real thing. Although I am more of a visual person, I think that the actual experience is more powerful. It is the experience that inspires a person. The experience is what creates the language in order to try and capture the experience.

Language, when used the right way, can almost capture the experience. Although I don’t think that language can completely capture the experience, I think that language is just as important. Language serves to allow people to live through experiences that they would otherwise not be able to. Language allows people to gain knowledge and wisdom experiences otherwise out of reach for many people. This being said, I believe that a person’s personality and characteristics are based strongly on life experiences. Experiences are something that for the most part have to be first hand.