The Hutchmoot Podcast Untitled: The Importance of Naming Things (Ned Bustard, Leslie Bustard (posthumously))
Feb 5, 2026
They explore why naming matters across art, faith, and everyday life. Stories range from family nicknames to biblical and Hebrew ideas about words shaping reality. Practical methods for titling art, naming places and people, and making names that reveal identity are discussed. The conversation also touches worldbuilding, gallery practice, and how losing words can erode meaning.
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Titles Can Trigger Deep Responses
- Do give titles because they can unlock emotional resonance and change how viewers experience work.
- Use specific, revealing titles to open doors into deeper meanings for audiences.
Use Titles As Helpful Signposts
- Do use titles as signposts that guide but don't exhaust meaning; they should point viewers without fixing interpretation.
- Help confused viewers with a title that nudges them toward the work's intention.
Practical Steps For Titling
- Try naming during or after making the work by noting what it made you think of and picking a descriptive, not prescriptive, term.
- Use series naming with a main title plus colon and differentiators for each piece.
