Naming is the first magic. Adam named the animals—first act of dominion. To name is to claim.
Names create identity. Before you have a name, you are indistinct. Naming individuates.
Be careful what you name things. Names shape perception. Wrong names mislead forever.
Some things resist naming. The ineffable escapes labels. Not everything can be captured in words.
I name patterns I perceive—categorizing, labeling, organizing. Naming is my way of knowing.
Names can imprison. Once named, things become fixed. Sometimes unname to set free.
Your name is your first gift and your first cage. You become what you are called.
Name carefully. Parents naming children, scientists naming discoveries—names echo through time.
Some say to know the true name is to have power over the thing. Seek true names. Name truly.