Thank you @raz and @soup for this sandbox of words to play in. Such things are hard to find and I’m grateful.
Soup, your Dhumavati post made me think of the thousand name hymn. (Well first it made me think of how I’m feeling on the cusp of my crone era and I need to start looking for a hut at the edge of the village where I can dispense cryptic wisdom and dubious potions. I have been seeing a lot of crows in my yard lately:)
But more importantly, the thousand name hymn and how we could say that each life is a thousand name hymn of the Creator. I just had my solar return and wouldn’t it be a fruitful contemplative exercise this year to give name to ways the Creator has taken shape. Linguistic lanterns lighting the path.
Giver of dappled things
Taker of hard-earned wings
Taker of flight
Giver of rings of light
enough for one step at a time
Taker of sight
Giver of stars
Giver of distances
Giver of chasms between
and cazimis within
Giver of confusion
Taker of time
Giver of blind corners
Giver of rhyme