Thursday, December 1, 2011

What's in a name?

'Is it possible that the simple act of calling someone's name out loud can inspire feelings of attraction?


It's a simple idea, one that seems too obvious, really. While reading Curtis Sittenfeld's novel 'Prep,' the main character suddenly, in an instant, is attracted to a person who the moment before, she hadn't thought twice about. What happened?  He said her name.


Almost exactly the same thing happened to me quite a few years back, but it's a mysterious incident that I still think about now. In a single moment, the earth moved when I watched someone's lips form the syllables of my name.


Kind of makes you think, doesn't it.'


-Girl with No Name




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