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Week 10 - Soulmaking

Soul

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soul

making
(ARTMAKING)
learning
I DISCUSS THE CONCEPT OF
objectives “SOULMAKING”

II IDENTIFY THE CATEGORIES AND PHASES


OF SOULMAKING

III ENHANCE SENSITIVITY AND AWARENESS


TOWARD THE ENVIRONMENT
soulmaking
is an alternative venue for knowing ourselves and
looking into the depths and real meaning of what we are
doing for our everyday life
(Narciso, 2012).
soulmaking
• It is a form of crafting stories or transforming brief
moments into images or symbols
• It is connecting with people, understanding culture,
and embodying tolerance and peace
• Is an exploration and application of the imagination in an
active way
• Soul making can be an innate gift or a learned skill, or a
combination of both
knowing oneself
In soul making, "who are you" is the topic that
throughout the process serves as a guidepost. Knowing
oneself begins with consciousness. In order to start the
process, it is necessary to realize and embrace one's
truth, history and understanding of existence. With this
new found insight, art, which is actually the very core of
soul-making, can now come into play. Therefore, it is not
so much the production that is mostly taken into
account, but the method of perceiving anything.
depths & essence

Soulmaking is more than the soul's religious


perspective. Soul refers to a person's
individuality that resonates with his or her
behavior. Since art is a human expression that is
highly valued and symbolic, a person typically
uses different art forms to fulfill the need to
communicate and express him or herself. The
human desire to actualize his or her very being is
strongly assisted by soulmaking.
what we are doing
Art gives a person a sense of purpose about what he
or she is doing. As any artwork is an expression of one's
perceptions, feelings, emotions, and realities, the key to
personal cultural growth is the process of creating such
expression. Soulmaking utilizes every human experience
to build the influence that can make the artist himself
and others improve.
everyday life
Life includes a lot of adventure ,
understanding the challenges that come
with each adventure, and understanding how
each person has a unique way of perceiving things
as life happens to them. Soulmaking is a method
that can be gone through by anyone. As all are
creative in their own right, it is not limited to the
"obviously artistic". It's just a matter of losing
yourself in the art of viewing the world
from a different perspective and detaching
yourself from yourself.
Categories of
Soulmaking
crafting images
Crafting images is just like weaving, quilting, or doing
crochet; it is not creating works out of nothing
(Narciso, 2012). It is rooted in our own personal
experiences, our personal encounters and events that
triggered our reflection, recall, and judgment.

It refers to imaging or representing in any


form, which may be through painting,
sculpting, drawing, storytelling, poetry, dancing, composing,
or taking notes.
crafting stories
The moment we write, engrave, and inscribe our own
thoughts, ideas, commentaries, criticisms, and positive and
negative emotions, we are crafting stories. Stories can be
presented in any form - image, words, objects,
and musical composition. Our own stories are sacred
and important to us in a particular time and moment.
These stories become our particular time or moment. The
stories we craft become our own history that can be,
handed down to our children and ending generations.
crafting
instruments
An instrument maker is a bridge toward the
unknown because the instrument produces sounds
that transcend our feelings, emotions, and sensation
in another realm (Narciso, 2016). The soul is
accompanied by a vessel so that the soul
will not vanish. Transforming any found or used
object into a musical instrument allows one to
discover harmony and balance to produce a sound
that is entertaining, enhancing, and magical.
Noy Narciso
crafting
movements
"Our life is full of movements, it is full of
different rhythms, life is full of flowing images
accompanied by narratives, and this melodic flow
symbolizes how the universe gives every human being the
ability in their respective lives to experience the highs and
lows." - Narciso (2016)
For artists who are more inclined to crafting movement,
the pattern that life serves a person provides a source of
inspiration.
Lisa Macuja-Elizalde
crafting
techniques
Crafting techniques in soulmaking are the artist's
reflection of his life and experiences in any piece
of art. The approach, preferably, should be
methodological. A soulmaker, though, when he executes
his creative expression, is unbounded.
Phases of
Soulmaking
2 SETTLING

We must find ourselves settled at


some point in our lives.

1 SEEKING
SURRENDER 3
We recognize that each of us who are
So, all we can do is to accept
interested in our own growth and the
surrender as it comes. This is a third
ways of our world is a 'seeker.' We are
phase in Soul Making, though its timing
looking for a discipline or method that
is usually uncertain! It will bring
can help us live in and make sense of
benefits, as we start to be aware of the
the world and heal the wounds of 'self.
polarities that we are holding, as well
as pain.
4 SOULMAKING SOARING 5
Soul Making is the fourth phase, What we often desire when we start the
through which the individual moves journey is to soar. To transcend the
from a phase of improving reflective material realities of our worldly
practice to becoming a soul making experience — to fly. In allowing ourselves
practitioner. to move through the stages of Soul
Making, we might find ourselves flying —
together — immersed in the air and sky.
da Vincian
PRINCIPLES
Activity
Write an essay using the following guide questions:

1. What do you think is the role of soulmaking in art?


2. Which among the categories of soulmaking are you most interested
in? Why?
3. How will you use the da Vincian principles to cultivate your own
creativity?

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