Joely Pants just got himself a brand new name. He's solemnly baptized Joely Panther as per now. Two recent events gave us the impetus to take this course:
One was the surprising discovery made by a joint israeli-french research team concerning the effect a person's given name has on the person. It seems that other people can pick out merely by watching a photo of the person, what the person is called, among several choices. The researchers conclude that a person starts resembling his name while growing up. To be honest, I think that the effect found could be attributed wholly and solely to the families socio-economic standing. People are quite good at sniffing out to what echelon a person belongs socially and since names are not evenly distributed socially, but differ according to education level and like parameters, much of the mystery is solved. But what do I know, perhaps Sitting Bull did in fact become more Sitting Bullish during his day.
The other event was a recent vid showing how a very angry black leopard called Diabolo was treated by animal communicator Anna Breytenbach. She sure has a way with animals. In one communication session she vetted him dry of info. He told her, among other things, that he didn't in particular like his name and wished it changed. Diabolo's owner - Jurg Olsen - who has a wild cats refuge in South Africa, consented to giving him a new name - Spirit. Diabolo or Spirit as he's now called, has metamorphosed completely. He used to snarl and growl angrily all day long, but now he's much more social and content. No small miracle.
I hope a similar transformation will take place with Joely Panther, once he hears his new name. I just wonder how I can explain away, all the times I called him a stupid cat. I had no idea back then, that he had discursive abilities. Well, you learn as long as you live. I guess.
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