# What Determines Your Interpretation ![[pexels-frank-cone-3573556.jpg|500]] Photo by [Frank Cone](https://www.pexels.com/@frank-cone-140140?utm_content=attributionCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pexels) from [Pexels](https://www.pexels.com/photo/spiral-design-on-cloth-3573556/?utm_content=attributionCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pexels) > “As I considered the importance of language and how human beings interact with the world, it struck me that in many ways the development of language was like the discovery of fire — it was such an incredible primordial force. I had always thought that we used language to **describe** the world — now I was seeing that this is not the case. To the contrary, it is through language that we **create** the world, because it's nothing until we describe it. And when we describe it, we create distinctions that govern our actions. To put it another way, ==we do not describe the world we see, but we see the world we describe==.” > [Joseph Jaworski](https://www.amazon.com/Joseph-Jaworski/e/B000APC09O) I read about this concept in one of Edward de Bono’s books, but when I was looking for it now, I couldn’t find in which one. I first came across this thought 20 years ago. This has profoundly shaped the way I see the world. I hope it will inspire your thinking as well, opening up possibilities and new horizons. <iframe allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="420" mozallowfullscreen="true" src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vSrxt1tukb81k7QLKIJ5xSKdlCLfTMC2NMEk3EIZPXBRg3ERn_h4YirxRX3D6psp35MxbG1FpV_mid6/embed?start=false&amp;loop=false&amp;delayms=10000" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="500"></iframe>