Names can have significance - who we’re named after, what our name means, whether we’ve changed or adjusted it for whatever reason, over the years.

If you take a look you can sometimes find parallels between your life and that of a character from history or literature or mythology or popular culture.

Here’s a passage detailing the Jesus symbolism in TJ’s life. 

Every time we single out a favourite character from a story, or a favourite player from a sport, or choose any one person or thing from a system where there’s a wide variety of choices, we potentially reveal something about ourselves.  

Look for patterns. We reveal ourselves in the patterns.

The directions in which our imaginations wander can be particularly revealing. We show what we really want through our fantasy selves, whether we realize we’re doing it or not.

Again, look for patterns.

Here’s a passage on author Robertson Davies rereading the novels of Charles Dickens at various times in his life, and how that indirectly inspired this whole Totem Figures venture.

Here’s a straightforward definition of the term “Totem Figures”