UNIT VI.

SOUL-MAKING, APPROPRIATION, AND IMPROVISATION

PART III: SOUL-MAKING

Overview
This chapter discusses the concept and importance of soul-making in art.

Learning Objectives
At the end of the unit I am able to:
1. identify the concept of soul-making
2. determine the significant of da Vincian principle
3. know the effect of soul-making in creating an art.
4. make a story that fulfill the concept of soul-making.
5. create a digital art that will showcase my own concept of soul-making

Setting Up
Motive Activity
Name: _ Score:
Course/Year/Section: _ Date:

Direction: Think of a thing or an object that will best represent you. Draw in the box provided below.
Then explain why this thing or object represenst you.

Explanation
Lesson Proper
What is soul - making?

Soul – making is a form of crafting stories that are transforming brief moments into images.
Most of the time it uses symbols to connect with people. It is also used in understanding culture and
embodied tolerance and peace. Imagination plays a major role in art production. One of the major
roles of soul - making in art is it portrays the content of every art that has been made particularly its
story. It somehow expresses your feeling in art and it delivers you emotion through an art. Noy
Narcisso applied the psychological concept of “soul - making” in his art practice. It is about crafting
images derived from a person’s experience expressed through any form of art.

What is “soul?” (Hillman, 1997)

“By soul I mean, first of all, a perspective rather than a substance, a viewpoint toward things
rather than a thing itself. This perspective is reflective; it mediates events and makes differences
between ourselves and everything that happens.”

“Between us and events, between the doer and the deed, there is a reflective moment – and soul -
making means differentiating this middle ground.”

This perspective creates another definition on how we see the content of and art and hoe the artist
expresses his thoughts in making artwork through his experiences.
It puts importance in nourishing particular experiences to allow us to understand our humanity by
being more considerate and have an appreciation of life.

Da Vincian Principles

 Who was Leonardo da Vinci? (Gelb, 1999)

 Leonardo da Vinci is considered the Renaissance man who excelled in art, mathematics,
architecture, philosophy, Military planning, Etc.
 What are the Da Vincian Principles? (Gelb, 1999)
 Michael Gelb captured the development of how Leonardo da Vinci think his artwork and
how Da Vinci think deeply to create the soul of his artwork
 These were characteristics traits of Da Vinci Based from Studies of his Archives.

What are the Da Vincian Principles? (Gelb, 1999)

 Curiosita is an insatiably curious approach to life and an unrelenting quest for continuous
learning. These intended for the people to think their expected output in art. It is the first
step to create and artwork.
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https://magazine.artland.com/the-art-of- being-curious/

 Dimostrazione is a commitment to test knowledge through experience, persistence, and

willingness to learn from mistakes. Some artwork has been base on the experiences of the
artist.

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 Sensazione is the continual refinement of the senses, especially sight, as the means to
enliven experience. This is your ability to produce your artwork

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  Sfumato is the willingness to embrace ambiguity, paradox, and uncertainty. In this time,
artist might not be recognize on his work by the people but it is part of the journey to
become as genius as Leonardo da Vinci.

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 Arte/Scienza is the balance between science and art, logic and imagination.

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  Corpolita is the cultivation of grace, ambidexterity, fitness, and poise.

 Connessione is a recognition and appreciation for the interconnectedness of all things and
phenomena.

These principles are what we can apply when we are approaching our contemporary times of
turmoil and struggle. Through these principles, we can become reflective of how we live through
the contemporary digital age. The Soul is a perspective, not an essence that each person possesses.
Soul - making is about crafting images derived from a person’s experience expressed through any
form of art.

References
Gelb, Michael. (1999), How to think like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Everyday. Dell
Publishing.
Hillman, James. (1997), Revisiong Psychology. Willian Morrow Paperbacks
Laroscain, Joseph. (2015). Ateneo de Davao University – Local Knowledge. Asian University Digital
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