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feather gray
June 2008 
What's in a name?
Posted on Jun 18th, 2007
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Quill
Quill
Names are, to me, of greatest importance. I believe that names hold great power. Therefore it is unsurprising that I should want to share my name with you:
They call me Quill.
Now a quill is a feather. In this case the feather is meant to come from a Phoenix. The Phoenix represents the eternal cycle of life, death, and rebirth, and is a symbol which has been significant throughout my life, for I am constantly dying and renewing myself. But I am not simply a quill, but a gray quill, for the phoenix is more than a body; she is feather and flame, blood and breath, smoke and ash. Covered in ashes. Gray being, amongst other things, the color of neutrality, I hope therefore to remain neutral and open to all things in life.
A quill is also a pen, a voice for those who cannot speak. In a vision I was once gifted the plume of a phoenix for times when my voice will in fact fail me. Words that are worthy of preservation should be written down.
Quill is also technically short for "Cuillioc", pronounced KWEE-yok but with the Welsh "ll" sound in between. Supposedly Cuillioc is Cornish for "soothsayer", 'sooth' being the old word for 'truth'. It contains the name element "Cuill" as in the legendary Mac Cuill, who was named after his god Coll, the Hazel. In Druidic Tree Lore the Hazel represents wisdom. Therefore the intended meaning behind my name is to imply that I am one who hopes to speak truth from the roots of wisdom.
They call me Quill.
Now a quill is a feather. In this case the feather is meant to come from a Phoenix. The Phoenix represents the eternal cycle of life, death, and rebirth, and is a symbol which has been significant throughout my life, for I am constantly dying and renewing myself. But I am not simply a quill, but a gray quill, for the phoenix is more than a body; she is feather and flame, blood and breath, smoke and ash. Covered in ashes. Gray being, amongst other things, the color of neutrality, I hope therefore to remain neutral and open to all things in life.
A quill is also a pen, a voice for those who cannot speak. In a vision I was once gifted the plume of a phoenix for times when my voice will in fact fail me. Words that are worthy of preservation should be written down.
Quill is also technically short for "Cuillioc", pronounced KWEE-yok but with the Welsh "ll" sound in between. Supposedly Cuillioc is Cornish for "soothsayer", 'sooth' being the old word for 'truth'. It contains the name element "Cuill" as in the legendary Mac Cuill, who was named after his god Coll, the Hazel. In Druidic Tree Lore the Hazel represents wisdom. Therefore the intended meaning behind my name is to imply that I am one who hopes to speak truth from the roots of wisdom.
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