Each of Us Has a Name (see poem below by Zelda, translated by Marcia Lee Falk) Why is your name important? Whats the story of your name? Why do human beings assign names to ourselves? Why not just use numbers? Calling all my friends who are artists, anthropologists, adjunct anythings, bartenders, babysitters, beekeepers, baggage handlers, biologists, botanists, cantors, cellists, conductors, critical thinkers, composers, car mechanics, cooks, custodians, court reporters, cleaners, couriers, court reporters, dancers, drummers, dreamers, dishwashers, development associates, doctors, elephant trainers, essayists, editors, falafel makers, flautists, fans of Jim Croce, greenhorns, gardeners, hairdressers or hair stylists, historians, horse trainers, iconoclasts, immunologists, interpreters, jewelry makers and jewelers, journalists and yearnalists (thank you Maria Eugenia Guerra), jockeys, judges, janitors, kindergarten teachers, kinesiologists, life guards, lecturers, law students, milliners, midwives, mechanics, musicians, Marines, moms, novelists, nurses, nurse practitioners, organizers, poets, percussionists, professors, painters, police officers, promoters, pilots, people who sleep outside (thank you Rachel Jennings), questioners, questers, rabbis, readers, reporters, receptionists, short story writers, steelworkers, social workers, security guards, students, sheriffs, teachers, trainers, ukelelists, violinists, wonks, waiters, writers, xylophonists, youth, and zookeepers. Also all human beings not in any of the foregoing categories. Share your thoughts (on 8 1/2 x 11 paper) and send them to me at 1006 East César Chávez Street (that used to be First Street), Austin, Texas, 78702, if you would like me to include them as exhibits to my Motion to Refer to [Specific Person] by Her [or His] Full Name or by a Title [Such as Ms., Mr., Rev., Rabbi, Dr.] in All Pleadings and In Court Proceedings. I welcome your favorite poems and essays in addition to your own work, but if youre not sending your own original work, please cite the source in full. Por ejemplo, Each of Us Has a Name, Zelda Schneurson Mishkovsky, trans. Marcia Lee Falk, _The Book of Blessings: New Jewish Prayers for Daily Life, the Sabbath, and the New Moon Festival (Harper 1996), 614ezine/each-of-us-has-a-name/. Each of Us Has a Name by Zelda (trans. Marcia Falk) Each of us has a name given by God and given by our parents Each of us has a name given by our stature and our smile and given by what we wear Each of us has a name given by the mountains and given by our walls Each of us has a name given by the stars and given by our neighbors Each of us has a name given by our sins and given by our longing Each of us has a name given by our enemies and given by our love Each of us has a name given by our celebrations and given by our work Each of us has a name given by the seasons and given by our blindness Each of us has a name given by the sea and given by our death. https://youtube/watch?v=hHVBzLGAIbU
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