The map (words) is not the territory (experience); the representations that a person utilises to describe their experience of the world are in actuality not the real world. Language is therefore a powerful descriptive secondary representation (or filter) of the individualistic subjective experience. Language is not tangible; words are merely substitutions that are utilised to express the things that a person sees, hears, feels, tastes and smells; this usually occurring without conscious awareness.
