What’s in a name? Understand in the old ways it was everything All Creation was named by the Forefather on divine command and you demean such a thing to a trivial handle? How many creatures of lore fell foul of degenerate men because they gave away their true name?
No! A name – a true name – is to know the naked essence of a thing beyond linguistics and words and gutturals to manipulate its spirit command it if desired, kill it if so willed
Such sacred bonds of trust were not often given willingly, you understand
There are still shades of this old knowledge in our group conscience Nicknames and middle names and usernames and other such obscurances
And yet others – those rootless ones lacking connection no doubt – dig deeper for truer naming conventions The ACGTs of it all, or crisscrossing genealogies dating back to the Forefather
Pray for them that they never find their own true name as doubtless they would reveal it to all and find themselves rendered back to golem-like putty at the hands of those who still abuse such incantations
This woman gets it. Music. Sharing. Connection. Crowdsourcing.
On a relevant note, TEDxSalford 3.0 will be up for livestreaming on their site tomorrow I think. Last year I managed to get cheap full-day tickets on GroupOn, no such luck this time. Amazing experience, would’ve loved to have been there again. Lineup looks fantastic and more varied than ever: TEDxSalford.com/event/speakers