effing the ineffable
You can’t describe the color red to a blind person. You can’t describe how reading a book made you feel, or all the infinitude of reasons why you believe something.
Literary analysis and philosophy occasionally get flack for being jargon filled pieces that say what everyone is already thinking, but the ability to accurately describe an abstract feeling is incredibly powerful and important. (When done well. Literary analysis and philosophy are often just jargon filled pieces that say what everyone is already thinking.)
