Naming Ceremony Instructions

[mishou]

THIS THREAD IS NOW CLOSED.

WE HAVE A NEW MISTRESS OF CEREMONIES FOR OUR QUIRK NAMING GAME! SHE HAS STARTED A NEW THREAD OF INFORMATION HERE. (http://www.digitalartquirks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=722)

THANK YOU COLORFUL ENIGMATIC GRAYBONNIE FOR TAKING THIS ON.

AND THANK YOU CHEERY BLOSSOM MISHOU FOR GETTING THIS LAUNCHED AND OFF TO A WONDERFUL START!

Here are the instructions for the Naming Ceremony Process. Please read carefully and use this thread to ask questions or feel free to PM me.

There will be three parts to the process:

1) You choose a name for yourself (e.g. Grateful)
2) Someone in your group chooses a name for you (e.g. Butterfly)
3) Put the two together and you have your new name: Grateful Butterfly

Notice in the example above that each name will have two parts and it works well if there is one qualifying word like an adjective or an adverb followed by a noun. Below I will continue to refer to these parts as adjective and noun BUT keep in mind that, as always, there are no real rules here in Quirkland and you are free to choose any kind of word your quirky heart desires.

I have created a list of adjectives (http://www.digitalartquirks.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=525&cat=505) and a list of nouns (http://www.digitalartquirks.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=526&cat=505) and uploaded them to the gallery. You are not required to pick from this list, I only made it to be a quick resource in case someone gets stuck trying to think of a name.

K, here we go. Brace yourself! It’s long . . .


** ETA: Please upload all naming ceremony layouts to the "Co-Creation Projects" gallery **

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STEP 1:

A sign-up thread will be placed in this forum. We will all be divided into groups and each group will have space for 12 people. Post a message (something short like “sign me up”) and your name will be placed on the list in the order it appears in that thread. Once there are 12 people, that group closes and a new one starts.

STEP 2:

You will choose one part of your name. Contemplate and choose your name wisely. Once you have made your choice, create a 4x6 piece of art that reveals this part of your name. You will have 1 week to do this. Upload your creation to the galleries when you are done. (The deadlines will be outlined for you once your group closes. The first deadline will be one week after the day your group closes, the next deadline will be the following week, etc.)


STEP 3:

Now you will choose a name for another person in your group. The person you get will depend on the order of the sign-in sheet. Person #1 will choose a name for #2, and so on, with the last person choosing for #1. Be sure to give this some thought! If you don’t feel like you know that person well enough to come up with a name, then this will be the perfect excuse to get to know them better! It will be your responsibility to go in the gallery and find out what this person chose as the first part of their name so you can pick a word to go along with it. For example, if someone chose Grateful, you wouldn’t give them another adjective, you would give them a noun like Butterfly. DO NOT REVEAL TO THIS PERSON THE NAME YOU HAVE CHOSEN FOR THEM! Keep it a surprise until Step 4.

STEP 4:

Create a 4x6 piece of art revealing the name you have chosen for this other person. Do not include the first part of their name, only the one you chose for them. This artwork will be a gift and a blessing from you to that other person. Again you will have one week to do this. This time however, you will not upload as soon as you are done. You MUST wait until the specified day when everyone will upload simultaneously (i.e. within the same day) for a “big reveal” in the galleries.

STEP 5:

After the reveal when you have the second part of your name, you can now create a 4x6 piece of art revealing your full new name.


And that's it! Now that we have gone through the process with the first group I can honestly say from experience that this is really lots of fun! Check out the galleries and the naming ceremony forums to see and read about all the excitement we had!!

[happyrobyn]

Now I have to go obsess over what name to choose for myself!

[kygirl]

Sounds interesting. I'm off to look at possible names.

[magmuso]

that's a whole lot of information to take in at first, but i think this can turn out to be fun and quite challenging in the long run.

Mags

[Kazadoodle]

This sounds like so much fun!! I'm off to sign up now

[mishou]

The sign up sheet is not up yet Kaza! LOL
The day wouldn't be complete for me if I didn't torture you guys somehow LOL

[Kazadoodle]

Yeah - I just noticed that - LOL. I think having worked in the legal field for almost 20 years means I take things in quickly - LOL

I'm glad I'm not doing that anymore though

[AmyK]

I am so ready for this. Can we all get matching tattoos for our tribe at the end too??

[mishou]

LOL Amy! I'm SO up for a tribal tatoo :D

[Kazadoodle]

That is such a cool idea - each tribe could design their own tattoo and then use it on our art, like a trademark symbol, in group efforts

[happyrobyn]

So instead of a name, we could be a symbol ... like the artist formerly known as Prince!!

[Nevermore]

Okay, I am only doing this so I will FINALLY get a tatoo...

[jessica b]

My body is a blank canvas. I think I might need a tattoo.

[Fiddlette]

How cool is this whole idea??? It is going to be so much fun!! Did Maya think of this? Did you Meesha? Pure genius!!!!

[Chinook]

Well if THIS doesn't take me out of the box, I don't know what will!!

[Cre8tvlyYrs]

The sign up sheet is not up yet Kaza! LOL
The day wouldn't be complete for me if I didn't torture you guys somehow LOL

Oh you vicious, vicious girl!!;)

[Nevermore]

My body is a blank canvas. I think I might need a tattoo.
My mind is a blank slate. Wonder if I get a discount if I get two?

[Vania16]

Love the tattoo idea!

[Ursula]

this sounds like such fun, think I'll join, off to go find the sign up sheet.

[Nevermore]

Hey, I should get some bonus points because I already s****** up! Posted my name but it is 8 x 8. Where are the scissors when ya need em?

[happyrobyn]

Scissors ... it's called the crop tool! LOL!

[Fiddlette]

I guess my only question now would be, how obvious do we make each reveal via our layouts...I mean, if we choose the name STAR for ourselves...and we illustrate it with stars everywhere....can we also use the WORD star on the layout?...or actually tell others that we chose the word star in our comments...or should we just have people guess and tell them whether its a noun or an adjective? The reason I wondered this is because the person naming us needs to know whether to choose an noun or an adjective, you know?

Your directions are very good...i just had these few questions about the logistics of it all...wondered how specific or cryptic to make the layouts....lol

[Fiddlette]

Mishou answered this:


There is no need whatsoever to be cryptic in your layout. I would say it's almost necessary to put the name right on it because how else will that other person know what you picked, right? Like you said, they need to know your part if they're gonna pick something that goes with it well.

[Fiddlette]

She also says:

In the first two layouts it's totally okay to reveal the name. Like if you chose "grateful" then you make a piece of art that somehow illustrates gratefulness. KWIM?

The only thing that's a secret in all this is the name you choose for someone else. Like let's say you have me and you choose "Butterfly" for me. Then you make a layout that illustrates the name Butterfly, but you don't upload it until the specified day. So that I have no idea what you picked for me until I see it in the gallery.

So the last layout is when you can finally take both parts and put them together to create a layout that illustrates your whole name. e.g. Grateful Butterfly.

[happyrobyn]

Thanks for the clarifications Christine!

I have named myself and uploaded my layout! Here's the link: Messenger (http://www.digitalartquirks.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=543&limit=last7)

[Nevermore]

Butterfly? Why would anyone pick butterfly for you?

[Kazadoodle]

I uploaded mine here - Gypsy (http://www.digitalartquirks.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=542&cat=500&ppuser=49)

Nothing cryptic in this whatsoever - I provided a detailed key to the symbolism - I did this after I saw Robyn's and Nevermore's and thought - hmm, maybe I should clarify a little - LOL

[AmyK]

Ok, ack! Is anybody else having trouble picking their name (I know, I know, we have a week, but it seriously took me over a year to pick a name for my website :p).

Oh, and can our first choice be only *one* word? Or can it be an acronym? (Hubby picks OK, as in "Off-Kilter" for me. Not that I want that one.) :D

[Nevermore]

Big sigh, AmyK is not going to pick my other name (Happy Raven--the only thing that comes to my mind is Herb Tarlick. This will only resonate with old people who watched WKRP in Cincinnati). I know I can trust Larry to be kinder.

I, for one, am finding this entire naming ceremony more entertaining than anything I have done the past week including destroying my entire scrapping supply as I knew it. I believe that this would make a brilliant short documentary. Amy, what about doing a Walt Whitman kind of thing? You know, the child that goes out every morning and becomes the first thing he sees? You could try it for a few days and use the most interesting. For the sake of aesthetics you could discount dog poop or old cigarette butts if they happened to be the first thing to greet your eye (guess it depends on your neighbourhood).

[happyrobyn]

That is one route Nevermore ... OR ... you could choose the Emily ****inson philoposhy:

I never saw a moor,
I never saw the sea;
Yet now I know how the heather looks,
And what a wave must be.

I never spoke with God,
Nor visited in Heaven;
Yet certain am I of the spot
As if the chart were given.

[AmyK]

Okay, you have both inspired me and I will relax and let it come to me.

"she who stepped out of the box and into the fire"

[kygirl]

Nevermore, after reading the dog poop comment, I realize how inappropriate it is that you're labeled "junior quirk." You're a "senior quirk" if I ever met one. :) (And, I mean that in the best way.)

[kygirl]

I've named myself. I can't believe how nervous I am about posting it.

You can see Willow at: http://www.digitalartquirks.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=549&cat=500&ppuser=50

[happyrobyn]

Donna - what a perfect name!

[mishou]

Christine, thanks for posting your question and my reply in this thread. I appreciate it!

Sorry if my instructions were confusing guys! Don't be shy to ask questions, k?

Alright I'm off to check out those of you who've done your name layouts already! How exciting . .. :D

[happyrobyn]

MG - do you have my second name yet ... huh? Huh? I must know it now!

[happyrobyn]

So poutine messenger it is!

[mishou]

LOL No Robyn, haven't even had a chance to think about it yet. Haven't even had a chance to think about my own!

And as much as I love the idea of poutine messenger, I think I can do better than that ;) Although I have to admit it's gonna be tough!

[webchyck]

I've got the first part of my name picked out...I say good luck to whoever has to pick the second part o fthe name!

http://www.digitalartquirks.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=550&cat=500&ppuser=8

[Kazadoodle]

I'm loving this too - I think the hardest part, for me, is choosing the second part of the name for someone else.

At least I have some time to think about this

Okay, there is one question I have - can we choose how we put the name together? For instance, I've chosen Gypsy, and Amy will choose part 2 of the name - do I have to put it Gypsy 2 or can I have 2 Gypsy if it goes together better?

[mishou]

Yes Kaza, you can absolutely decide how the name goes together. They don't have to be in the order they were chosen. It is YOUR name after all!

Thanks for asking, that was a very good question. Robyn asked me the same thing yesterday LOL

[Fiddlette]

Michelle...I uploaded my quirk name layout to Group Projects gallery...if you don't want it there, I will move it...

I was just thinking that since this is DAQ Tribal Naming Ceremony ONE we could group all these together as a group project....

If everyone likes the idea....then move your layouts over there!!

If not, tell me to move mine to wherever y'all want it....

Whatever you all decide...I DO think they should be together somehow....

[Kazadoodle]

I was thinking that too and it's probably a good idea to move it there until Maya has settled in her new house and can come and play here more - like I know she wants to - LOL

[Cre8tvlyYrs]

Here's the name I chose ~ Dragonfly:
http://www.digitalartquirks.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=559&nocache=1

[mishou]

Gina: love your layout!

Christine: I know what you mean, these definitely need to all be in one place. I've asked for a seperate gallery but as we all know Maya's got bigger fish to fry right now LOL So yeah, the "co-creation projects" gallery actually sounds like a great place to put these. Especially since we don't have any other big group projects going on right now and the gallery is just sitting there empty!

I will go add a little note in the instructions saying to upload them to that gallery.

[webchyck]

I moved mine!

[akissling]

I am FINIS (http://www.digitalartquirks.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=563&cat=500&ppuser=13)!!!!!

[happyrobyn]

I moved mine, too. Alison - yours is gorgeous!

[AmyK]

I found one that I thought fitting for me.

You can see it here (http://www.digitalartquirks.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=568&nocache=1). :D

[kygirl]

Moved mine. They look so cool together.

[Chinook]

Great idea to have them all together .. I've moved mine as well.

[Vania16]

They do look great together! Maybe at the end of all this we should bundle it all and submit it somewhere :)

[mishou]

Well I finally got mine done! Talk about waiting until the last minute LOL

Here she (http://www.digitalartquirks.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=647&cat=500&ppuser=24)is

[SteinwaysMom]

I haven't done mine or Amy's yet. When are the #2 ones supposed to be posted? I don't want to miss the boat.

[mishou]

The deadline for the first one is tonight, then the deadline for the next one will be next Friday night. They're all one week in between.

Actually now that I think about it, it probably would have been nice of me to send out a reminder, eh? LOL Sorry about that Debra. I haven't been on the ball lately.

[happyrobyn]

¡Yo tengo un problema señorita! I will be sailing the high seas on Friday. That's right ... I'll be smack dab in the middle of the Carribbean Sea. So ... Debra may remain nameless unless I can post early/late or give it to you to post MG! Sorry. Should I cancel the trip (ROFL!) for the big naming festival? Or would that be a titling tribute ... dubbing gala? Whatever.

[skyescrapz]

Did I do mine too early? I'm in group two and I just uploaded the name I selected for myself. Did I mess up?

Well, here's my layout: Ebullient (http://www.digitalartquirks.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=649)

[mishou]

Nope Krista, you didn't screw up. You can upload teh first part of your name any time you want. It's only the last two that are time-sensitive.

[happyrobyn]

MG - what should I do about said problem above?????

[mishou]

senorita robina, sadly you are just going to have to cancel your trip. you have made a commitment to this group. if you're not here for the gala the bonds of friendship will be broken, the earth will fall off it's axis and life as we know it will be over.

K I'll stop now. Can you tell I have a propensity for sarcasm? LOL

Seriously Robyn, don't worry about it. Things like this happen. I've emailed you with some potential options for working around it. And for anyone else reading this, if you happen to find yourself in a similar situation don't freak out about it. I'm not gonna be the Naming Ceremony Nazi and banish you from the website! LOL We obviously would like everyone to try their best to get things done for the deadlines. That's the whole fun of this, you know?
But life is life and things come up. C'est la vie. We'll just find ways to work around it.

[SteinwaysMom]

Well Robyn, I would be a horrible person if I quibbled over my name not getting posted cuz of your wonderful vacation in el Caribe...I guess you could make it up to me BY TAKING ME WITH YOU. That's right, I need to get out of Ohio haha.

Seriously I am terminally late with just about everything I do so I don't mind at all.

[Fiddlette]

I KNOW!!!


HERES A SOLUTION!!!


LETS WAIT FOR ROBYN TO GET BACK!!


IT WOULDN'T BE THE SAME WITHOUT HER ANYWAY, you know????

[mishou]

when does she get back? i don't mind waiting.

[happyrobyn]

I'll be back Tuesday May 30th....

[kygirl]

Sounds good to me.

[happyrobyn]

You guys are gonna make me cry!

[Vania16]

Sounds good to me too :)

[Fiddlette]

okay, good, then, it is all settled!! We will have it the week Robyn gets back!!

After all we are a tribe!! The tribe must stick together!! Robyn is definitely integral to the general well being (and mental health) of the tribe!!

There are no hard and fast rules in DAQ Kingdom, after all, we ARE artists! We don't live by clocks and watches...tee hee!

How about that weekend?

[happyrobyn]

Well I will be thinking about all of you while in the middle of the Carribbean ... right between karaoke and mai tais! LOL! You guys are all the BEST!!!!

[Nevermore]

Hope you have a wonderful time! I am going away for three days (yes, I am a vacation maniac, rotfl!!!!!!!). Had to work today to be able to swing it but Joe and I are going to golf school Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. Staying overnight, lessons all morning, a round of golf in the afternoon. Probably hot shower all evening, aspirin and bed as I can't help but think that this is a silly thing to do when I haven't picked up a club yet this year. But I am pretty thrilled. Only a few hundred more loads of wash to do and we will be set. I can try out my new neon pearl pink golf balls and a few new clubs. Max got me a gopher head driver cover for mother's day. I hate animal covers but I guess it goes with motherhood territory. In his favour, he got me a gorgeous pink golf shirt with huge mega buttons down the front and a cool pink windshirt that looks like a bowling shirt (tres in this year). Um, yeah, I have a pink thing when it comes to golf. You have to love a sport that not only encourages but actually honours bizarre clothing. Get out of town, I have managed to type another massive post. There is no way (with vacation and all) that I am going to make this kit target and I am not even going to go look at the next preview of it. I am hoping my tribe will join me in a dance outside of admin headquarters to peacefully, gracefully and quirkily petition them to give me this kit on the grounds that my few posts are probably a much much higher word count than many who hit the 500 mark. Quality, not quantity, eh? Rotflmbo, don't get mad anybody, just practising my speech.

[happyrobyn]

I personally love your long-winded lamentings Kim!!!

[kygirl]

Still doing laundry? Do you have a dozen children you haven't told us about? :) It's just amazing how laundry can accumulate. I'm convinced wet towels mate and have little towels when we're sleeping.

[happyrobyn]

I agree! When we lived in Canada if it got really, really cold, the pipes to our washer would freeze and we would have to go days without it. And I swear it multiplied!

[mishou]

LOL Robyn . . .speaking of cold, can you believe it almost snowed here last night? Well they were calling for it, but there wasn't any when I woke this morning. Regardless . . . it is freakin' cold up here!!!

[Vania16]

LOL I'm picturing the towels creeping across the floor to get together in the middle of the night :) But, I feel the same way - it just never seems to end! I'm lucky though, DH does a lot of it :)

[happyrobyn]

SNOW?????!!!!!!! Oh you poor thing!

LOL Robyn . . .speaking of cold, can you believe it almost snowed here last night? Well they were calling for it, but there wasn't any when I woke this morning. Regardless . . . it is freakin' cold up here!!!

[Nevermore]

I am so conflicted: packing shorts and long johns for golf school. It is freaking cold here (we are south of Mishou but it is still freaking cold). Bought the cutest little golf skirt, it will go so cunningly with huge honking purple goosebumps.

As for laundry, I am finally in luxury mode as in doing the spring stuff just in case we ever need it, doing new towels and stuff like that. I am a bit anal about laundry. I have no domestic skills whatsoever except doing laundry (once I cried aloud that I wished I was queen of the world and Max said, well, mom, you are the queen of laundry). I love laundry. In no other sphere of my life am I so confident, so able! I can take a cacophony of soiled, messed, inside out, stiff, sweaty, tangled horrible stuff and turn it into neatly folded piles and towers of the freshest, sweetest smelling softest swaddlings. I have CONTROL. I have POWER. I use my powers for GOOD. Basically, I just kick butt doing laundry. Hey hey Nicole, it is working! (she has me doing confidence stuff, working on a tryptych right now, hope to get it done tonight before we leave). I DO GOOD LAUNDRY. Whew! how exciting is this! Hmmm, what forum am I posting this in? I certainly hope it is news of relevance to the community. I would hate for anybody to miss this. It could have a profound effect on where they are at, where they are going. As in, to the laundry room.

[happyrobyn]

Laundry is my friend as well. The rest of the house is a disaster!!!

[CathyRose]

Queen of Laundry is good! Queen of anything is good.

[kygirl]

I think the Queen of Laundry would make an awesome ATC. Any takers, Kim?

[Nevermore]

I have done this one in part already. Found a totally cool washing machine mounted as the Stanley Cup. Now, as a Canajun, you can imagine that I was thrilled to my soul...I am not a hockey buff (shush, that is probably some kind of threat to National Security) but I appreciated the instant visual recognition afforded by tarting up the machine as a war trophy. Will have to get to it! (Where did I put it?)

But it has to come after two notes Max gave me last night. The first was a questionaire he designed. It said Do you love me and had a Yes and a No. He told me I had to check off one or the other. The second says I love you no mater what (okay, the spelling stinks but the guy just turned six and hey, he turns this five feet of bedrock curmudgeon into a quivering mess of emotion). Last Max story (for this post only, don't get too excited). I was reminded of it when Skyescrapz asked if she got points for using abysmal. First thing that popped into my head was wretched. I have many nicknames for Max. When he was quite little he asked about nicknames in general and I gave him a few examples and then I asked him if he knew what Mommy's special nickname for him was. He gazed up at me with his blue eyes to die for and said, "Wretched child". Suffice it to say I didn't get very far in explaining irony and/or sarcasm to him.

[skyescrapz]

I asked him if he knew what Mommy's special nickname for him was. He gazed up at me with his blue eyes to die for and said, "Wretched child". Suffice it to say I didn't get very far in explaining irony and/or sarcasm to him.

Oh my GOD, I just laughed so loud. That is funny. A tiny bit sad, but sooooooo funny. I thank you for sharing and I'm thrilled to have my word (abysmal) be the impetus (another good word, you must admit) for your storytelling.

[mishou]

EVERYONE IN GROUP #1 PLEASE CHECK YOUR PRIVATE MESSAGES

There's been a slight change of plans :)

With Robyn going on holiday this week (lucky bum!) the deadline for part 2 of the process has been pushed back to Friday, June 3rd.

Thanks

[happyrobyn]

Sorry ladies!!! But thanks so much for waiting for me. I am sitting here finishing Debra's name layout! I have finally settled on a name. I have a long list of cool adjectives if anyone needs one! LOL!

[Vania16]

Sounds good to me :) I think I've settled on a name, but a little extra time would be just fine :) Hope you have lots of fun Robyn!

[mishou]

Can I have that list of adjectives? LOL Still haven't even begun to think of a name for you Robyn . . . It has to be perfect .. . Poutine Messenger just won't do LOL

[happyrobyn]

Here are some rejects...poetic, celestial, enigmatic, sublime, divine!!! Do they fit me ... huh, huh??!! How about just plain HAPPY! LOL!

[AmyK]

I don't mind waiting an extra week, although I'm on the edge of my seat to find out what my name will be! I still have to pick out a word for Kaza... need to PM that chicka! Have fun in the Bahamas, Robyn (I can't remember where you're going :D )

And Nevermore, who I prefer to call Raven, your "Wretched Child" tale is a classic! Made me laugh right out loud.

[skyescrapz]

And Nevermore, who I prefer to call Raven, your "Wretched Child" tale is a classic! Made me laugh right out loud.

OMG, I call her Raven in my own mind too. How funny is that?

[SteinwaysMom]

I just thought of a good quirk name for Nevermore since she says she has a problem getting passionate about certain subjects:

Rantin' Raven :p

OK just joking. It's about as cute as Wretched Child.

[kygirl]

I get the honor of naming Raven and am open to suggestions. She's already rejected Happy Raven and I'm not sure Rantin' Raven will go over any better. I tried the poetic route, but all I could come up with was Craven Raven. :)
Better go back to the drawing board.

[Nevermore]

OMG you guys are killing me. Please please please. Don't know if I am laughing or crying but Craven Raven would SLAY me. When wretched Amy first suggested Happy Raven I hastily posted that the naming responsibility would lie with Donna/Larry and that I TRUSTED her. Donna, this is not just everyday trust, this is TRIBAL TRUST. We must steer away from Shaven Raven, Raven Haven, Raven Go Lucky , Blazin' Raven, Gazin' Raven, Grazin' Raven and the ilk. May I suggest colours? Plaid Raven is suggestive as is Motley Raven. Or textures? Asphalt Raven has a certain grittiness to it. Or music? Raven Sotto Voce or Raven Cacophonies albeit the latter rather than the former will strike a truer note. :::::)))))

[AmyK]

What about Wretched Raven? But wouldn't you rather feel uplifted by your name? Oh, I know, and this one is SO clever: What about BLACK Raven? Ha ha! I slay me!!!

[Nevermore]

I have thought about a lot of potential candidates but it is not up to me...I have to let go and trust Donna (but the suspense is kind of getting to me). As for the second part of Fiddlette's name, I have been fussing and fretting with a thesauraus, a dictionary and free association and all I can say is thank goodness Robyn is at sea because I can sure use the extra week!

[AmyK]

You and me both, Raven! I'm trying to dream up a name for our resident Gypsy (aka Kazadoodle), and I'm having trouble myself. Sheesh. It was hard enough to come up with my own name, and now I have the responsibility of someone else's identity on my shoulders. My brain is going to go on strike shortly.

[skyescrapz]

Diaphonous Raven?
Indefagitable Raven?

[CathyRose]

OMG you guys are killing me. Please please please. Don't know if I am laughing or crying but Craven Raven would SLAY me. When wretched Amy first suggested Happy Raven I hastily posted that the naming responsibility would lie with Donna/Larry and that I TRUSTED her. Donna, this is not just everyday trust, this is TRIBAL TRUST. We must steer away from Shaven Raven, Raven Haven, Raven Go Lucky , Blazin' Raven, Gazin' Raven, Grazin' Raven and the ilk. May I suggest colours? Plaid Raven is suggestive as is Motley Raven. Or textures? Asphalt Raven has a certain grittiness to it. Or music? Raven Sotto Voce or Raven Cacophonies albeit the latter rather than the former will strike a truer note. :::::)))))

Oh my, I totally love all those names, ROTF here! :)

[happyrobyn]

As for the second part of Fiddlette's name, I have been fussing and fretting with a thesauraus, a dictionary and free association and all I can say is thank goodness Robyn is at sea because I can sure use the extra week!

Your naming quest better hurry now because I am back on dry land!!! I did Steinwaysmom's name before I left so I am just sitting pretty waiting for Mishou to name me now. And as for you Kim ... what if Raven was the adjective part instead of the noun part ... hmmm ... Raven poop?

[Nevermore]

Your naming quest better hurry now because I am back on dry land!!! I did Steinwaysmom's name before I left so I am just sitting pretty waiting for Mishou to name me now. And as for you Kim ... what if Raven was the adjective part instead of the noun part ... hmmm ... Raven poop?
Having just finished reading the slam poetry thread from start to finish and having had your accomplishments bedazzle me, I would be grateful for poop in lieu of puke...

[happyrobyn]

Do I need to do a Raven SLAM?????!!!! Oh fun! I'm off to bed and will have to think of that all night!

[Nevermore]

You are a wicked woman and have obviously used your vacation time to energize your impish self. I pray that maturity and goodness will come to you in the night and permeate your brain cells.

[SteinwaysMom]

Having just finished reading the slam poetry thread from start to finish and having had your accomplishments bedazzle me, I would be grateful for poop in lieu of puke...

How 'bout Raven Drops

It's far more enigmatic...with combined nuances of bird doo, rain drops and magikal candy...or maybe a magikal candy with essence of bird doo and sweetened with raindrops...or for the more base-minded the physical act of dropping to the earth, either in an old ladyish sense (help I've fallen and I can't get up! (must be that candy sonny boy gave me)) or a sudden descent in altitude....Raven Drops to the earth and then soars into the heavens.

[Nevermore]

How about Raven Swoons in dead faint, revived only by persistent whispering in her ear: they are not the ones who will be naming you, they are not the ones who will be naming you. Must be that candy sonny boy gave me!!! Now that generated a Raven Guffaws. Which leads me to Raven Croaks: a gentle allusion to my cackle which is how I laugh (huge belly cackle that reverbrates and makes people wince) or for the more literal minded, Raven is never more...

[skyescrapz]

How 'bout Raven Drops

It's far more enigmatic...with combined nuances of bird doo, rain drops and magikal candy...or maybe a magikal candy with essence of bird doo and sweetened with raindrops...or for the more base-minded the physical act of dropping to the earth, either in an old ladyish sense (help I've fallen and I can't get up! (must be that candy sonny boy gave me)) or a sudden descent in altitude....Raven Drops to the earth and then soars into the heavens.

Which, of course, made me think of Raven Plops. Which made me sing "Raven plops keep falling on my head." Which made me think of Raven Ploppers... named after the wacky digi quick page name.

Poor Raven. You do realize that we adore you, right?

[kygirl]

Thanks to everyone for all your suggestions. Raven, rest assured that I will give this input due and proper consideration. ;)

[webchyck]

Stark Raven Mad, is all I can think of! LOL! You all crack me up!

[skyescrapz]

Thanks to everyone for all your suggestions. Raven, rest assured that I will give this input due and proper consideration. ;)

I'm sure I speak for most if not all of us here in that I cannot WAIT to see what you come up with!!!!!

[skyescrapz]

Stark Raven Mad, is all I can think of! LOL! You all crack me up!

Ooops, almost spit my drink on my computer screen. I should know better than to drink while I read the forums here. I really should...

[happyrobyn]

Stark Raven Mad, is all I can think of! LOL! You all crack me up!

This is IT!!!!! Oh yeah! Are we allowed to have 3 names?!

[webchyck]

That would be a challenge illustrating "stark mad" wouldn't it!?

[Kazadoodle]

I thought I had it all worked out for Donna and then realised that I didn't - LOL.

I've been sitting here for a week now looking up the thesaurus (what is that anyhow - a literate dinosaur?) and finally, this morning, I found one I liked!

Now all I have to do is illustrate it - eek!

[Pixeldigger]

I would LOVE to join in the next naming ceremony plese.

[kygirl]

Judith, I'm taking the liberty of putting your name on the list in the Sign-Up forum. The deadline for the next group is today, so I believe you're in!

[Pixeldigger]

Judith, I'm taking the liberty of putting your name on the list in the Sign-Up forum. The deadline for the next group is today, so I believe you're in!

Thank you very much!
Hug
Judith

[Belles]

I have a query regarding the way the names are ordered.

I have just been looking through previous examples of what where done for peoples names. What each person chose for themselves and then what others did for them for their second name.

Now from what I see as how it works in the instructions up there we all get to choose our first name, right?
And then someone else -- the person before us on the list, gets to choose our second name, correct?

Ok now my query is this -- how come that many of the final names have ended up with the first name 2nd and the second name 1st? Have I done mine wrong by choosing what I have done for myself? ECLECTIC.

Just a tad confused here right now cause the name I have choosen for the person after me will only work if it is put 2nd to the name she has chosen for herself. This is the way I have understood the instructions.

[Kazadoodle]

In the end, it didn't matter which order the names went - just as long as you used a combination of the names that were given to you.

The reason we chose our own name first was because it's our name, it didn't mean that it had to go first - does that make sense?

[Nevermore]

I am one of the miscreants that named Fiddlette backwards. I guess the point is is that we do try, we really do, but we are a bunch of quirks and don't do rules very well. I think rules tend to sit like burrs under our saddles or peas under our mattresses or hairs up (whoa, stop, bad Raven).

Belles, I am certain that if you let you namer know it is integral to your name that your part of it goes first, they will accomodate you. We don't do rules but we do try to keep each other happy :)

[happyrobyn]

We don't do rules but we do try to keep each other happy :)
Yes ... happy ... it's all about being HAPPY! LOL!

Actually I discussed this with Mishou a long time ago (she gave me my second quirk name which I use as my first name) - and whatever sounds best is how you should use it. So I am the Merry Messenger. Messenger Merry sounds kind of funny. Unless you use it in a language where nouns go before adjectives or something! LOL!

[kygirl]

Thread hijack: Robyn, that is the cutest avatar I've ever seen anywhere.

[Belles]

Ok thanks for responding to my confusion :rolleyes:

School teacher in me was over-riding any quirkyness there I think.
School teacher = having to follow rules ;) and often being the one making the rules LOL. I would go super nuts in my class if I didn't have routines and rules for them to follow --- I shudder even thinking about it.

[webchyck]

I think if you make it clear which part of the name you are giving to yourself, then it makes it easier for your namer to give you the right kind of word (adjective or noun)

[cdvcreations]

This is such a neat idea!!!!! Is this still going on???

[webchyck]

Absolutely! I think there is a sign-up thread around here someplace

[webchyck]

Yo! Cassandra...here is the Naming Ceremony Sign-up Thread:

http://www.digitalartquirks.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=86

[cdvcreations]

Hey thanks alot for the help!!!

[webchyck]

I am just going to post this note on all the Quirk Naming Ceremony threads to make sure everyone sees it. We now have a Naming Ceremony Gallery. Please move all three pieces of art you made for this project into the gallery. Thank you!