Ode to Well Named Things

23 March, 2024
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The true name of a thing is that which is identical to it's true nature, in schools of magic and mysticism to know the true name of something is to have power over it. Manipulators of symbols today still ponder their orbs in search of this power. pondering my orb

Titles

A good title does not merely distill, it conjours, by generating lush landscapes on the hyperplanes of consciousness. A good title is the shortest form of poetry I know of. Heres some of my favourites in no particular order.

  • The Wheel of the Quivering Meat Conception
  • A Cure for Wellness
  • Tender Is the Night
  • Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
  • Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
  • Only Lovers Left Alive
  • Slouching Toward Bethlehem
  • The Algebra of Infinite Justice
  • Vibe Shifts in the Upper Anthropocene
  • You Look like a Thing and I Love You
  • The Grapes of Wrath
  • The Left Hand of Darkness
  • Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep ?
  • Belladonna of Sadness