Such a great point. We should remind ourselves more often about this:
When a person does something and cannot verbally explain the reason why he did it, we say it is irrational, although there is indeed a reason for such action.
Can you finally remember something you've never called in any way?
But of course. I saw and smelled flowers and plants whose names I didn't know, and the memory of a certain tree whose mighty crown impressed me wasn't there to remember its name. When I thought of the tree, I did not think of "tree". And even if I did, the name had no relevance, because I saw the tree as a whole in front of me, as a figure, as touched by the wind and rooted in the earth. Now all these are not words that were formulated by me in my mind during the experience and I use them for the sake of understanding.
When I look up into the sky, I do not see clouds, but I experience a sensation. The naming, as you say, is only there to express our feelings and the information we want to share with others.
If we really contemplate a little more deeply about the naming of things, the name is often even obstructive to an object, because it limits and excludes countless alternatives. Therefore, it is not important for the introspection what words we have for it, only for the communication to the outside.
Once I noticed this when we went for a walk with the children and immediately when they saw something, they called it by its name, but I felt that they were not really interested in what it really was, but only that they quickly knew its name, like in a vocabulary test.
On the other hand, I know from Buddhism the method that when you feel a feeling of anger, and you give that feeling an inner name or say to yourself, "Aha, I feel anger. I accept that I feel that way." And: "It is human to get angry. I look at it now and I think I understand this anger." Then through this method the power is already taken away from the anger.
Then very conscious name giving is productive in such a way that it helps us with arousal and anger in interactions with others.
In recent times you give your readers shorter bon bons to digest. It's lovely but I also like your longer pieces a lot.