Sunday, November 11, 2007

Magickal Domain Names

I never really had a magickal name until the Internet. For me, my domain names are magickal, and each represent a different part of my character. The first web page that I actually had a domain name for was Wizard-Ink.com. I wanted to convey the magick of my brush and ink paintings that I was doing at the time. I have since outgrown that magickal name and let the domain go. I found that most web pages having to do with Ink were about tattoos. Although some tattoos are amazing, it was not the kind of work I was doing. I also learned that the hyphen in a name was a real pain. The next name I have and still use is Laughingtube. No it is not a porn site. I am an avid science fiction reader. Larry Niven's Ring World was one my favorite series. A character in the book was called Grieving Tube – an eater of the dead. She was busy recycling the planet. To me Laughingtube reminds me that we are the animal that can laugh. Also I had read that Zen monks used to call each other “Bags of Rice”. So to be even more precise, I saw myself as a Laughingtube of Rice (or in my case potatoes). The image was of something even less permanent than a bag. A tube was a bag with a hole in it. My most recent magickal name is Wizardnow. I was reading a lot of Eckhart Tolle's The Power of Now. I chose to combine the magick with the presence of Now. Wizardnow is a name of power for me. I create music and guided mediations and sell them on the site. To me a web page is like a stage open to the world. Wizardnow is a magical name and my stage name too...being a Gemini helps.


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