As Aldous Huxley says in his book ‘The Doors of Perception’, when
you learn a language, you are an inheritor of the wisdom of the people
who have gone before you. You are also a victim in this sense: of that
infinite set of experiences you could have had, certain ones are given
names, labeled with words, and thereby are emphasized and attract
your attention. Equally valid—possibly even more dramatic and
useful—experiences at the sensory level which are unlabeled, typically
don’t intrude into your consciousness.
