the mind and language

"Balancing is a preconceptual bodily activity that cannot be described propositionally by rules. As Michael Polanyi has argued, you cannot tell another what steps to take to achieve the balanced riding of a bicycle. One can give the beginner a few more or less empty rules, but the balancing activity happens when the rules, such as they are, no longer play any role."

mark johnson. the body in the mind: the bodily basis of meaning, imagination, and reason. 1987, the university of chicago press. p 74.