I can only ‘identify’ the inner, even for my own benefit, via my knowledge of the outer. But in any case there is no check upon the accuracy of such descriptions, and as Wittgenstein says, ‘What is this ceremony for?’
Here I start wondering about memory and feeling emotion. Ernaux in Simple Passion is obsessively in love with someone - where is that stored? In those few moments she identifies where he is not on her mind, how is his image and the emotional weight assigned to him stored?
