People who are following this thread (2?) might wonder, "Why so much bother with names or titles or words?"
ANSWER: It makes a big difference in how artworks eventually are perceived over time and in how people treat them, when they have no other way to separate them from the masses.
I know for a fact that in art competitions, when judges are faced with a mountain of good visuals, they choose the best titles, because they have to have some basis beyond visual. If all visuals are equally good, then the next thing to help decide the winner is the title. Crappy titles have lost many an art competition, so I understand.
Of course, I do NOT do competitions, because I believe winners of competitions DO the judges in some cases. Also, it's all so momentary as to who likes what, best, when. It's a game of dice. But a good title still can't hurt.
More important, uvi, your poetry and carefully considered titles, give deep feeling to your work. The words reach below the visuals and complement them, rather than distract from them.
Visual artists might not need words, but hiSTORY does.
Robert
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