To what extent can our visceral emotions transcend language? Is it possible to "understand" without comprehending the words?
JOURNALLING:
Can you decipher these Joiks? Find a quiet place or use headphones and listen.
Jot down everything you think about as you hear these joiks - sort of in a stream of consciousness list.
-sorrow
-power
optimism
-sobriety
-melancholy
hopefulness
brilliant
Then write a a bit about language and emotion - in what ways is language "impoverished" when it comes to expressing emotion? Cold music be considered a language? What other things might transcend language, in that we wouldn't need to understand the words being said to understand the intention?
Language can be acknowledged as a preeminent tool of communicating and expressing language; however, it cannot indeed explicate what one's feeling to some extent. For instance, language is restricted to its literary meaning, which people may not be able to express a feeling if the diction to describe it has not been invented. Also, sense can be dissipated through the translation between various languages. aIn comparison, Joiks may not have a literary meaning; instead, it enables one to express emotion as a universal language. Joiks, similar to other art pieces, such as pictures, individual may have a different comprehension of it and it can transfer message in different ways as a global scale without limitations.