CHAPTER III

Topic 8
Soulmaking: Making And Deriving Meaning From Art
Introduction
In order for humans to make sense of language and derive meanings from words,
semantics and grammatical rules the important elements to be considered. Aside from this,
context and symbolisms are also considered to interpret and analyze either verbal or written
works. When it comes to art, in order to make sense of the work, it would require understanding
the visual elements where art was grounded on, especially the principles of design. It is
important to note that the audience of the artwork must have a certain level of awareness to the
style, form, and content of the said work. Without such understanding, it would be difficult to
appreciate the arts in its fullness and entirety (Caslib, B et. al., 2018)

Learning Outcomes:
At the end of the topic, you are expected to:

a. discuss the concept of soulmaking;

b. describe the categories of soul making; and
c. develop and present an individual art talk.

Learning Content
What is soulmaking?
What comes to your mind when you hear the word soulmaking? Write your ideas on the blanks.
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The term “soulmaking”(craftmaking) is an alternative venue for knowing ourselves and looking
into the depths and real meaning of what we are doing for our everyday life.
It is a form of crafting stories or transforming brief moments into images or symbols.
It is also connecting with people, understanding culture, and embodying tolerance and peace.
Soulmaking can be an innate gift or a learned skill, or a combination of both. It has no time
reference, it occurs anytime.

What are the categories of soulmaking? Describe each category.

The Categories of soulmaking are the following:

1. Crafting Images. It refers to imaging or representing in any form, which may be

through painting, sculpting, drawing, storytelling, poetry, dancing, composing, or

talking notes. Crafting images is just like weaving, quilting, or doing crochet; it is not

creating works out of nothing (Narciso, 2012).

Crochet Quilting Weaving

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1. 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 that can be presented in any form, - image, words, objects, and musical
composition.

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2. Crafting Instruments. An instrument maker is a bridge toward the unknown because the
instrument produces sound that transcend our feelings, emotions, and sensation in another
realm (Narciso, 2016).

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3. Crafting movements. Our life is full of movements; it is filled with various beats. Life
if full of flowing images accompanied by narratives. Everything we do in life is a
performance, we perform life.

4. Crafting techniques. Anything can be crafting by using different evocative descriptions

of experiences and explorations like photograph studies, puppets and masks,
constructions, and notepad studies.
Assessment Task:
Activity 1
Develop and present an individual art using any of the categories of soulmaking.
Put your artwork in an olso paper you can use any kind of art material.

ART RUBRIC
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Student(s)
Student(s) Student(s) Student(s) makes
makes makes makes independent
independent independent independent choices in
choices in choices in choices in creating
creating works creating works creating works works of art
Texture Art of art that of art that of art that that
incorporate incorporate incorporate incorporate
elements of elements of elements of elements of
texture with texture with texture with texture with
limited some considerable a high degree
effectiveness. effectiveness. effectiveness. of
effectiveness.
Student(s)
Student(s) Student(s) uses uses
Student(s) uses
uses elements elements of elements of
elements of
of diminishing diminishing diminishing
diminishing
size, and or, size, and or, size, and or,
size, and or,
Overlapping Shape overlapping overlapping overlapping
overlapping
Art shapes to shapes to create shapes to
shapes to
create works works of art create works
create works of
of art with with of art with a
art with limited
some considerable high degree
effectiveness.
effectiveness. effectiveness. of
effectiveness.
Student(s)
Student(s)
Student(s) Student(s) mixes shades
mixes shades
mixes shades mixes shades of of color with
of color with
of color with color with various hues
various hues
various hues various hues and values to
and values to
and values to and values to create works
create works
Color Art create works of create works of of art that
of art that
art that express art that express express his
express his
his personal his personal personal
personal
emotion with emotion with emotion with
emotion with
limited considerable a high degree
some
effectiveness. effectiveness. of
effectiveness.
effectiveness.
Effort/Perseverance The project The student The student The project
was continued work hard and finished the was
until it was completed the project, but it completed
complete as the project, but could have with
student could with a loom or been improved minimum
make it; gave it effort it might with more effort.
effort far have been effort; adequate
beyond that outstanding. interpretation of
required; to the assignment,
pride in going but lacking
well beyond finish; chose an
the easy project
requirement. and did it
indifferently.

Creativity/ The student The student The student The student

Originality explored tried a few tried in idea, fulfills the
several choices ideas for and help out assignment,
before selecting one; adequately, but but gave no
selecting one; or based his or it lacked evidence of
generating her work on originality; trying
many ideas; someone substituted anything
References:
1. Caslib, B. et. al (2018). Art Appreciation. Manila. Rex Book Store, 2018
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