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Is it possible to know something and not be able to express it?
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September 26, 2007

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Richard Heck
September 27, 2007 (changed September 27, 2007) Permalink

Sure. I know how the grapes in my back yard taste, but I can't come close to expressing that adequately. I know how John Coltrane plays the soprano sax---with an unmatched genius and intensity---but there's not much else I can really say. And I know how it feels when I see my daughter smile. But if you want me to express that, then I'll have to resort to bad poetry.

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