Names

Dear Vince,

Hello again. It's my second letter today, but this one is about something I've always wanted to ask you. Which I suddenly remembered.

Why is your name Vincent? Is there any history or story to that? Well come to think of it, you seldom speak about yourself, about your family, or anything concerning you.

You see, I have long wanted the name Vincent since I was little. Mark Vincent John actually. Yeah, I know, pretty long. It was because of Ghost Fighter's Vincent. I wanted that character, and his name sounded cool to me.

Names. They say they determine a lot about a person, even in terms of names shaping and influencing his personality and identity.

Why is the sun called as such? Or the earth, earth? Would it have mattered if we called it some other name or even if it was supposed to be earth? The earth rises and sets. Would we get used to those? The way we are with them in the present? The way I always attribute Vince with you?

In naming, we create. We do not just define based or etymology for we give it a name. As if we own it. Yet some may give it another, evident in languages, a thousand of them. Is it supposed to be a tool? To identify?

Perhaps I already know your name. And I know that'd be a key to me knowing you, more than what your name tells, or about its story, but about the person, who I may give a name different from what he was given, and meaning differently than if it would have been used my others, even on you. Friend.