User:Ledicarus

User: Ledicarus

Alias: Ledicarus

The alias and user name "Ledicarus" is used exclusively by Kevin Michael Klerks ^[1]. The alias name "Ledicarus" has been used online by Kevin Michael Klerks ^[2] since approximately 1993. The first use of the user name appeared on the Hot Spot BBS (Bulletin Board System) in shorter form as the alias, "Led". The name was merged with a teen social group that first appeared in the 1980's, the "Icarus 2 Foundation" to become the word "Ledicarus". The word ledicarus ^[3] is under Canadian trademark as of 2022.

Taken from the website, Ledicarus Media, Our Name page,^[4], "A long time ago, around 1987, I watched a TV series called Codename Icarus ^[5] . I used the name “Icarus” from the title and created the word “Icarian”. I tried to form a club called “The Icarian Two Foundation”. Another project I attempted around 1988 was called “Icarian Supplies”, basically selling stationery products in my spare time. Neither project was successful.

Icarus (/ˈɪkərəs/; romanized: Íkaros, pronounced [ǐːkaros]) ^[6] was the son of the master craftsman Daedalus in Greek mythology. Icarus and Daedalus ^[7] attempt to escape from Crete by means of wings fashioned by Daedalus from feathers and wax. Icarus flew too close to the sun and the wings melted plunging Icarus into the sea where he drowned. The myth gave rise to the idiom "don't fly too close to the sun".

Led was a nickname I have been using since 1992. It’s first use was on the electronic bulletin board system known as “The Hot Spot BBS” based out of Toronto, Canada. A lot of people believe it stands for Led Zeppelin ^[8] but it was intended to be light emitting diode (LED) ^[9]

I was intrigued by the myth of Daedalus and Icarus, which I learned in elementary school (about 1984). I guess in part it was the fantasy that one could creatively escape their prison with imagination, albeit that Daedalus created the wings and not Icarus. The moral of the story is that nothing is gained by instant gratification, be it wealth or freedom. It has indeed taken me a long time to reach the point I am at now, particularly with my work in the paranormal.

By 2007 I came up with the name "Led's Musings" for a blog called Spirit Senses ^[10], though I believe I may have used the name as early as 2003. “Ledicarus” is a single word created from the joining of “Led” and “Icarus”. I hold no claim, aside from the continued use of the name as a nickname, to either “Led” or “Icarus”.

I have continued using the nickname “Ledicarus” (single word) ever since for my personal identity and a variety of websites, blogs (Ledicarus Musings, 2007-) and real-world projects (the micronation, The Territory of Ledicarus, 2012), YouTube channel (Ledicarus Live / LED1, 2012) ^{[11] [12]}

​There are two ways to pronounce this word. Led-Icarus and Led-Ic-arus, either way is acceptable to me.

It is my intent that “Ledicarus” be the foundation of any named project I create now and, in the future, for example Ledicarus Media ^[13] and Ledicarus Media Paranormal ^[14], Ledicarus Media Abandoned ^[15], and, Ledicarus Media Publishing ^[16].

“Ledicarus” is my nickname, tradename and trademark. I had the name “ledicarus” officially trademarked in Canada in 2022 to include my work online in the field of website creation and consulting services. It could be said that it is a part of my personal identity, Kevin Michael “Ledicarus” Klerks."