Meaning can be transmitted while the lived spirit behind words is lost.

Evidence

One way to treat your experiences is to review them like a journalist. Be descriptive and be aware of feelings aroused by sounds and the relationship of sounds. Remember that linguistic thoughts are sounds if you choose to listen to them that way. — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 221 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Suffering inscribes a bodily knowledge that resists transmission from a distance. — bell hooks, Teaching to Transgress: Education as…, 181; Linguistic thoughts can be heard as sounds rather than meanings — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 221; A painting loses its meaning as symbolic act once its originating situation is lost

Broader Connections

• A painting loses its meaning as symbolic act once its originating situation is lost #expands (0.80)
• Linguistic thoughts can be heard as sounds rather than meanings #qualifies (0.75) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 221