SOULMAKING
🢧 an alternative place to know oneself and to look at the
depths and meaning of what we are doing in our daily
lives
🢧 a step towards a deeper comprehension on how the
world is perceived and how his/her own personality is seen
🢧 plays a major role in art production; it is a form of crafting
stories, transforming brief moments into images, symbols
that connect with people, understanding culture, and
embodying tolerance, peace and imagination
Categories of Soulmaking
1. Crafting Images
🢧 include the production in various forms and
methods on visual representations of images
🢧 any art form such as drawing, sketching, and
sculpting can be used to perform this process
🢧 dancing, poetry (black-out poetry), playing of
musical instrument, and filmmaking may also
do this
2. Crafting Stories
🢧 when an individual writes down his/her personal
feedback, life values, deep feelings, ideas,
ideals, and high/low emotions, he/she is
already creating a story
🢧 like crafting images, he/she may portray
different means in presenting the crafted stories
🢧 stories can be relayed through vivid photos,
calming music, and impactful sentences
3. Crafting Instruments
🢧 treated as "a bridge to the unknown” because
the instrument creates sounds that exceed our
thoughts, emotions, and sensations
🢧 instruments help people explore the magic
behind music and its unique impact on a person
🢧 such musical instruments can establish the soul's
harmonious sustenance and mind balance
4. Crafting Movements
🢧 one’s life is full of different movement,
rhythms, and flowing images accompanied by
narratives
🢧 this flow symbolizes on how the universe
gives every human the ability in their
respective lives to experience highs and
lows
🢧 for an artist who is more inclined to crafting
movement, the pattern that life serves as source
of inspiration
5. Crafting Techniques
🢧 it is the artist's reflection of his/her life and
experiences in any piece of art
Steps in Deriving Meaning from Arts
1. Look – take time to look at the work of art
2. Describe – talk about what you see or feel in the works of art
3. Think – interpret and assign meaning to the work of art seen or felt
4. Connect – relate what you see or felt to your life