By naming or attempting to define a thing, have you changed (in any case) the nature of a thing?

nota

Probably not...

But maybe you've changed your self

~Kate~

no, yet i've seen many who have

Ok, I thought that it might be too abstract. As an example, does your pet's personality stem in any fashion from the name you gave it; or, can you create a pet from a non-pet by calling it a pet?