Literally true statements capture an essence of a lived experience in the moment that can be described as accurate, but they can often lack the context experienced through the full range of human understanding. As such, literal truth is a unique kind of truth that is born out of an embodied encounter with the world, one that goes beyond the mere fact of accuracy to bring about an appreciation of the fullness of life. Rather than paying homage solely to analytical truth, literal truth acknowledges that each individual’s experience of the world is part of a deeper narrative held together by the larger living context.

See also: right hemisphere, left hemisphere, corpus callosum