dEhiN’s Blog

Some of you may be wondering why dEhiN, and, for those who already know me and have read my About page, why David Hiran Watson. My full name is David Hiran Watson, but pretty much my whole life I’ve gone as Hiran Watson. It was a decision my parents made for a couple of reasons. Much of my government id has my full name on it, but my SIN card, and everything else – school records, work info at all the places I’ve worked at, resume, etc. – has Hiran Watson. Lately, as in 2008 and latter half of 2007, God has been doing work in me related to discovering more of who I am, who He has created me to be. This has included discovering abilities, interests, personality traits, that I suppose lay dormant before this point.

So how does this relate to dEhiN and the use of my full name? Well, through all this discovering, God has been planting on my heart to start using my full name. To me, it’s symbolic because I used to use part of my name when I was only partially aware of who God had created me to be. Now that I’m fully (or almost fully) aware of who He has created me to be, there is a desire to use my full name. In addition, much of the discovering has been in the realm of art and my artistic side. Because of this, I felt the need to create a pseudonym (primarily) for artistic endeavours, again as a reflection of this ‘new’ me. Hence: dEhiN – DAvid HIran watsoN. (I know David is spelled with an ‘a’, but it’s pronounced as an ‘e’).

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