The Book of Ashes
Legend in his own mind, creator of all you see here, he walks this Earth on the path of the becoming.
On Tuesday, 3, May 2005 Ashes wrote...
How do nicknames arise? 9:07PM
Why is a natural progression from Ashley to Ash to Ashman?
Why does Steve-O work but Ash-O sounds dumb?
What does Trout Snake Inc do?
Why do some names work and others not? Is there a universal rhythm to the spoken sound of words that we subconciously here and approve or disaprove of a name?
Of course there is rhyme, alliteration, assonance and other such tools of the word-smith but what has Ashman got to do with any of that? A two syllable of the same length word? More likely a similarity to a real word such as trashman or cashman brings up an approval of recognition.
Why can we say the Sifty One, the Crispy One but not the Ashley One or the Stephen One?
How is it that at this very moment the photons from this page have entered your eyes and stimulated electrons which are following neural pathways in your brain which will prompt you to think of other nicknames that work and that don't?
I'm going to leave you now while I go calculate the odds of you posting up some other interesting names below.
The late night owl. 9:11PM
As the night grows cold and the old ladies wrap up tight, I sit in my white box with my brown socks and ponder, why o why does the owl stay up late, the mouse run quickly and the cat clean itself so thoughouly? What impusles drive us creatures of the night? What thoughts fill our heads