This filter, in a sense, colors our perception of the meanings of words. As it is not only frustrating but virtually impossible to adequately describe a color, so it is to describe adequately those things as we perceive them through our schemata. We all are looking through colored goggles permanently attached to our eyes. Imagine trying to describe to me the color red. Even worse, my trying to picture it in my mind accurately is impossible without looking through your goggles, something it is impossible to do.
Humans possess more than just the language instinct in their communication.
Language is the biggest thing that sets us apart from others in the animal kingdom but we also possess other instincts similar to those in the animal kingdom as well, for example, cries of pain . Due to its general insufficiency, as was explained above, we must often resort to other forms of communication to express what is going on inside of us. One example of this is the following life-changing experience of mine. It was the beginning of the Spring semester, 1998. Many issues relating to family, school, my job, my future, my social life, and the demands made of me by myself and others, were literally weighing me down.