I am a "Dom" . . . I am a "sub" . . . I am a - fill in the blank.
Shakespeare coined that now famous line - "whats in a name?" He was right, a rose, called by anything else - is still a rose. (Roses dont smell pretty btw).
If I were to say my name was "Bob" - would I be viewed differently? Or a woman named "Gertrude"? Was there a noticeable drop in people naming their child "Jeffrey " after a certain time period?
Because our brains are wired to pull up an associative memory - a previous file we can identify with. At a baser level, it is survival.
This line of pondering came about when searching for just the right name for my character in my story. In text it is different - one must form a mental image of say, "Precious ", as in my most recent. However the reader paints the picture of Precious based on past knowledge or experience in their own lives.
Shakespeare was right in saying a rose by any other name is still a rose. If you can learn to see beyond past references, past pre-conceived notions of what something is "supposed" to be - see the beauty of what stands before you.
Food for thought and morning mental barf.
Thank you for reading
~ Bernard
