What is a name? Is it
all just pure ancestry? A label? A definition?
What does it mean if you meet someone with the same name as
you? Names are common, but some aren’t as
common as they might be. What are the
chances that your circle collects names that are similar? Pretty slim.
So, when it happens, you sit up and pay attention. It’s disquieting to know that there can be such
a similarity of letters between strangers.
Names. Little
badges. Signposts pointing behind
you. A title that might define your
life.
My name may as well be something unpronounceable, or even a
symbol. Prince (one of my favorite
musicians) was on to something. So was the character “Madison” in the movie Splash.
Her real name was a series of sounds.
Names are meaningless. The only value is what we attach to them.
