My New Name

I have decided to take David as my confirmation name. In honor both of St. David of Wales, patron of poets, and King David, the greatest poet who has ever lived. It just feels perfect, as both are patrons of poetry (and writing, by extension): I'm hoping that I can invoke their aid in fulfilling my vocation of writing.  And because I'm Welsh on my mother's side. St David his been historically linked to Arthur (he did live in the time that, if there was a historical Arthur, would have been his), and was even supposed in later legend to be either his nephew or his uncle.

Also, I've always felt a very deep affinity with King David, and very often, in my own trials and suffering, I've found great comfort in reading about his, both in the narratives of his life and in his own words, in the Psalms. I love that he was both such a great and fearsome warrior, and also so deeply sensitive and passionate, so devoutly devoted to the Lord, and so articulate and creative. The original warrior-poet.