Ineffable Experiences

The inability to share ineffable experiences is a limitation of our human condition, which makes us feel helpless and sublime at the same time. These moments are by definition impossible to put into words, but their characteristics and circumstances are broadly recognizable. They often attempt to find expression in metaphor – an open sky, an endless void, a pregnant silence, an all-encompassing presence – but they rarely emerge from it with their meanings unaltered.
What unites these experiences is they are removed from time, with which they have no relationship, and essentially different…