Why the name “Pristine?” (update: August 28, 2009)
I always see this look whenever people hear my first name.
It’s that “AS IF!” look.
It’s a misconception. I’m here to say it. The name is actually inspired by a song from a childhood hero:
The song is The Sea Refuses No River and the first line is
I remember (love) being richer than a king,
the minutes of the day were golden.
And then later on:
The sea refuses no river,
We’re polluted now but in our hearts still clean.
Somewhere between these two lines – which I have felt a deep reverence for all these years – my favorite English word “lucent” morphed into a feminized-sounding equivalent and “Pristine” was born.
