soulmaking

1. Lesson 10
SOUL-MAKING

2. Soul-Making is a Metaphor
The term soul-making is a metaphor. The word “metaphor” is
composed of two Greek words – Meta above and Phero- to carry. So,
metaphor is an image or phrase that carries the reader above the
literal sensory realm into the realm of invisible imagination.
Like myth, metaphor enlists the truth of imagination over the
truth of literalism.
‘Deep”, Mario Sanchez Nevado
(2012)

4. Categories of Soulmaking
• Crafting Stories- individual writes down his or her own personal feedback,
life values, deep feelings, ideas, ideals, and even high and low emotions
• Crafting Instruments - "a bridge to the unknown because the instrument
creates sounds that exceed our thoughts, emotions, and sensations.
• Crafting Movements- For artists who are more inclined to crafting
movement, the pattern that life serves a person provides a source of
inspiration.
• Crafting Tecniques - artist's reflection of his life and experiences in any
piece of art.

5. Improvisation
• is doing something without prior preparation in an
original way.
• The unexpectedness of the changes brought about
improvisation makes the artwork to have a distinctive
quality that creates its individuality and identity.

6. Improvisations in Various Forms of Art
1. Performing Arts - "on the spot" or "off the cuff"
moment.
2. Music -occurs during a solo performance.
3. Theatre -plays without pre-written dialogue or ad lib
when actors forget their line.

7. Activity: Black-out Poetry
Blackout poetry is when a page of text, usually an article from a
newspaper, is completely blackened out (colored over with a
permanent marker so that it is no longer visible) except for a select
few words. When only these words are visible, a brand-new story is
created from the existing text (“5 Tips for Creating Blackout Poetry,”
2013). The goal of this activity is to encourage students to make
their own blackout poetry and share is with others.
Materials Needed
An old newspaper, permanent marker, a workspace and your
imagination

8. Method
1. Start the process by finding a word that pops off the page to you.
Use the pictures below to guide you in this activity.
2. Start looking for other words, to go along with it to form not just
a sentence, but a thought or an idea. Try to evoke an emotion with
your blackout poem.

9. 3. Once you’ve found the words, grab your marker to outline the
words.
4. Create a fine border around your chosen words so you don’t
accidentally draw inside the border and potentially cover up the
words.
5. Start blacking out the rest of the page.

10. 6. Snap a picture of it with your cell phone and share your
completed blackout poem to the class.

11. Quiz: Bucket List: 15 Best Things to Do Before You Graduate in College
(Provide an explanation for each number in 2-4 sentences only).
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12. Activity: Family Sculpture
Artwork # 4
Family sculpturing is the visual representation an
envisioned by one individual person pf their present family
situation as they experience it.
Three-dimensional representation of the family as the person arranges and places
members in relation to their own unique position within the family system. The
arrangement and placement of each family member will reveal emotional themes, alliances,
conflicts, distancing, and alienation as well as other valuable assessment information
(Michael R. Perkins, “An Introduction to Family Scupting”.1999)
Materials Needed
Modeling clay or plasticine (a non-hardening clay that comes in several colors).
Method
1. Make a clay representation of each of our family member – mother, father, siblings and
any other close or influential family members or relatives. The goal is not to make a realistic
image

13. of each family member, but rather an abstraction that reflects the individual’s personality
and role of each member of our family.
2. When all family sculptures are complete, arrange them in relations to each other.
3. Pick an event or an occasion that happened to your family members or relatives.
4. Snap a picture of your finished artwork using your cell phone and paste it in a
typewriting paper for submission.
5. Share your insight about the activity in an essay form to be written in a clean sheet of
paper for submission.

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Thank you very much for listening
and participating…