Don't even need manic episodes to understand this (and if you went through one I'm terribly sorry, they can be such cruel events people disregard), music is a g

Don't even need manic episodes to understand this (and if you went through one I'm terribly sorry, they can be such cruel events people disregard), music is a good example. You can be so profoundly moved by a song in an entirely different language you don't understand not because of writing, but because of what the person conveys through sound. Instruments as another example of this. What our thoughts are made up of visuals (shapes, lights), feelings, and sounds. Not words, however words are convenient shortcuts to communication so we use them a lot. This is part of why we continue trying to understand animals. It's also why multilingual people will have these jarring stops in speaking/writing, and struggle to connect those visuals/feelings/sounds in their mind to the expression (speaking/writing). It's literally the reason that "love" is so elusive to us. Despite numerous people trying their best over centuries to express it in writing, music, art, etc. it's still this profound feeling we feel has endless potential. We know it's just brain signals, and yet it continues to be deeply embedded in our thoughts.