Originally Posted by
anndelise
I think many people don't realize that it's not like we are trying to actually explain something, but more of describing it, describing what we see. We know that description A (ear) has some connection to description B (tail) and also something to do with description C (trunk). We can see it, we can taste it, but we can't state it....at the moment, we aren't sure that it's an elephant we are seeing...especially if one has never even seen an elephant. I mean, how do you describe an elephant if you've only gotten a vague impression of it...and trying to describe it to someone who may have never experienced one????