You have your own list. We all do. Experiences that fully lock our attention and spark emotional responses we value even in the absence—or perhaps because of the absence—of a fully rational or linguistic description. What’s curious, although likely common, is that while my own working process is thoroughly language based, I feel no urge to explore these experiences in words. When I think of them, I feel no lack of understanding calling out for linguistic clarification. They expand my world without need for interpretation. These are the times that my inner narrator knows it’s time to take a
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