ART (definitions) FRANK LLYOD: Art is a discovery and

- is related to the Latin word "ars" meaning development of elementary principles of nature
art, skill, or craft. into beautiful forms suitable for human use.
- is a form of communication. It means THOMAS MERTIN: Art enables us to find
whatever the artist intends it to mean, and ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.
this meaning is shaped by the materials, PABLO PICASSO: The purpose of art is
techniques, and forms it makes use of, as washing the dust of life off our souls.
well as the ideas and feelings it creates in LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA: All art is but
its viewers. imitation of nature.
- is an act of expressing feelings, thoughts, EDGAR DEGAS: Art is now what you see, but
and observations. what you make others see.
- refers to a diverse range of human JEAN SIBELIUS: Art Is the signature of
activities in creating visual, auditory or civilization.
performing artifacts. These artworks LEO TOLSTOY: Art is a human activity
express the author's imaginative or consisting in this, that one man consciously, by
technical skill. means of certain external signs, hands on to
others feelings he has lived through, and that
• There is no one universal definition of art others are infected by these feelings and also
though there is a conscious creation of experience them.
something beautiful and meaningful using skill
and imagination. The definition and perceived BASIC ASSUMPTION ABOUT ART
value of works of art have changed throughout
history in different cultures. ASSUMPTION - something that you accept as
true without question or proof.
TYPES OF ART 1. something taken for granted.
2. a supposition: a correct assumption.
1. VISUAL ARTS: The oldest forms of art 3. the act of taking for granted or supposir
are which include creation of images or 4. the act of taking to or upon oneself.
objects in fields including painting, 5. the act of taking possession of something:
sculpture, printmaking, photography, and 6. the assumption of power. arrogance;
other visual media. presumption.
2. PERFORMING ARTS: Music, theater,
film, dance, and other, as well as literature The basic assumption of art is that there is
and other media such as interactive enough commonality between our perceptions
media, are included in a broader definition and appreciations to feel confident that what I
of art or the arts. perceive and what I find beautiful will have the
same effect on you.
There are as many ways to define art as there
are people in the universe and each definition is Three assumptions on art are:
influenced by the unique perspective of that 1. ART is its UNIVERSALITY, it's not being
person, as well as by their own personality and NATURE and its need for experience.
character. 2. Art is present in every part of the globe
and in every period of time. This is what
RENE MAGRITTE: Art evokes the mystery is meant by its universality. Art not nature,
without which the world would not exist not even attempting to simply mirror
nature, is the second assumption about
art.
 3. Art is always a creation of an artist, not medium or material are put together the
nature. Finally, without experience, there "how".
is no art. The artist has to be foremost, a
perceiver who is directly in touch with art. In the sciences, experimentation is the key to
proving a hypothesis or a larger theory.
The Standards of Art
In the arts, there are observable qualities that the
Art is very much a personal experience for both artwork holds that will point to its subject and
the creator and the observer. There is no single sometimes even to its content.
standard by which any particular piece of art may
be judged. Judges can look for certain things; TYPES OF SUBJECT
composition, color, balance, brushstrokes,
rhythm, melody, etc. REPRESENTATIONAL ART: These types of art
have subjects that refer to objects or events
ART THEME: is usually about life, society, or occurring in the real world.
human nature, but can be any other subject. : Also termed figurative art because the figures
Themes are the fundamental and often universal depicted are easy to make out and decipher.
ideas explored in a work. Themes are usually
implied rather than explicitly stated. NON-REPRESENTATIONAL ART: Art forms that
do not make a reference to the real world,
What are the themes in art? whether it is a person, place, thing, or even a
- The Sacred Realm. Cannot be seen with particular event.
human eyes (Religious images help.) : It is stripped down to visual elements, such as
- Politics and Social Order shapes, lines, and colors that are employed to
- Stories and Histories translate a particular feeling, emotion, and even
- Looking Outward: The Here andNow concept.
- Looking Inward: The HumanExperience
- Invention and Fantasy SOURCES AND KIND OF SUBJECT
- The Natural World (Earth Works)
- For non-representational art, a higher
SUBJECT AND CONTENT level of perceptiveness and insight might
be required to fully grasp the feeling,
In viewing art, there are clues that mediate emotions, or concept behind the work.
between the artwork and the viewer, allowing the - For representational art, it is easier to
viewer to more easily comprehend what he is infer the subject matter because from the
seeing. figures depicted in the artwork, there is
already suggestion as to its implication.
These clues are the three components of a
work of art: Sources of Subjects
1. Subject: the visual focus or the image - Nature
that may be extracted from examining the - History
artwork; the "what". - Greek and Roman Mythology
2. Content: the meaning that is - Judeo-Christian Tradition
communicated by the artist or the artwork; - Sacred Oriental Texts
the "why". - Other works of Art.
3. Form: he development and configuration
of the art work--how the elements and the
Kind of Subjects the carnage brought by gladiatorial matches. The
1. Still life: is groups of inanimate objects word
arranged in an indoor setting such as spoliarium: is a Latin word referring to the
flower and fruit arrangements, food, pots basement of the Roman Colosseum where the
and pans, and music instruments. fallen and dying gladiators are dumped.
2. Landscapes, Cityscapes, and 7. Figurative art: features the human figure.
Seascapes: are artworks whose primary The form of the body- its structure and
focus is the natural scenery such as the flexibility, nude or clothed - is the chief
mountains, valleys, rivers, and subject of artists aiming for figurative art.
skyscrapers Artists try to capture the grace and ideal
3. Animals: have been represented by proportions in paintings or sculptures.
artists from almost every age and place. It
can also be said that the earliest known CONTENT IN ART
paintings are representations of animals The meaning of message that is expressed or
on the walls and caves. communicated by the artwork
4. Portrait: is a realistic likeness of a person
whether in sculpture, painting, drawing, or In understanding the content of art, it is
print. It need not be photographic in important to note that there are various levels of
likeness but is a selective process of meaning:
highlighting and de-emphasizing certain - Factual Meaning: The most rudimentary
features. level of meaning for it may be extracted
5. Everyday Life: refers to the artist's from the identifiable or recognizable forms
observation of people going about their in the artwork and understanding how
usual ways and performing their usual these elements relate to one another.
Fernando Amorsolo’s Rice Planting" - Conventional Meaning: Pertains to
(1922) was the favorite of the acknowledged interpretation of the
Commonwealth of the Philippines and artwork using motifs, signs and symbols
was featured on posters and tourist and other ciphers as basis of meaning.
brochures. - Subjective Meaning: When subjectivities
6. History paintings: are those with a are consulted, a variety of meanings may
high-minded or heroic narrative as arise when a particular work of art is read.
illustrated by exemplary deeds of its These meanings stem from the viewer's
figures. History painting was originally or audience's circumstances that come
dominated by religious paintings but the into play when engaging with art (what we
category, in time, expanded to include know, what we learned, what we
themes from mythology, literature, or experienced, what values we stand for).
history. Thus, history paintings are further Meaning may not be singular, rather,
categorized as religious history multiple and varied.
paintings,mythological history
paintings,allegorical history FUNCTIONS OF ART
paintings,literary history paintings, and 1. PERSONAL FUNCTION: To express
historical paintings. personal feelings, perhaps the artist
wanted to remind viewers of personal
The Spoliarium (1884) by Juan Luna: is the family tragedy, or perhaps he just wanted
most valuable oil-on-canvas painted by the to tell them to appreciate what they had,
Filipino artist. The painting as seen above and to live each day as if it were their last.
features a glimpse of Roman history centered on
 2. SOCIAL FUNCTION: to reinforce and
enhance the shared sense of identity of Technique: It refers to the artist's ability and
those in family, community, or civilization, knowledge or technical know how in manipulating
for example, festive occasions, parades, the medium. It is the manner by which the artist
dance, uniforms, important holidays or controls the medium to achieve the desired
events. effects; thus, it is in the technique that artists
3. SPIRITUAL FUNCTION: To express differ from one another. Making an artwork
spiritual beliefs about the destiny of life requires technical competence. The ability to
controlled by the force of a higher power. manipulate is the driving force in the birthing of a
4. EDUCATIONAL FUNCTION: Symbols new form or idea.
and signs to illustrate knowledge not
given in words. RECOGNITION AND AWARD FOR ARTIST
AND ARTISAN
ARTISTS AND ARTISANS
1. Gawad sa Manlilikhang Bayan (GAMABA)
THREE STAGES IN ART MAKING: National Living Treasure Award
Art making can be associated with art The Award was institutionalized in 1992 through
exploration, concept development, and art Republic Act No. 7335. The National
production. In the creative process, the artist Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCAA),
undergoes three stage of experience, which are which is the highest policy-making and
popularly known as: coordinating body of the Philippines for culture
and the arts, was tasked with the implementation.
1. PRE-PRODUCTION OR SUBJECT The award is conferred upon a Filipino citizen or
DEVELOPMENT group of Filipino citizen engaged in any
This ends when the planning ends, and the traditional art uniquely Filipino, whose distinctive
content starts being produced. skills have reached such a high level of technical
2. PRODUCTION OR MEDIUM and artistic excellence and have been passed on
MANIPULATION to and widely practiced by the present generation
is a method of joining diverse material inputs and in his/her community with the same degree of
unimportant inputs (plans, know -how to make technical and artistic competence.
something for consumption (the output). It is the
act of creating output, a good or service that has HOW DOES ONE BECOME A MANLILIKHA
significance and contributes to the utility of NG BAYAN?
individuals. To become a Manlilikha ng Bayan, an
3. POST PRODUCTION (COMPLETION) individual or group candidate must:
OR EXHIBITION
Once an artwork is fished, it will be displayed, a. Possess a mastery of tools and materials
circulated, and performed for the audience and needed for the traditional, folk art and be a maker
public to see or watch. of works of extraordinary technical quality;
1. Have consistently produced works of
Medium: It refers to the materials that are used superior quality over significant period;
by an artist to create a work of art. The plural for 2. Have engaged in a traditional and folk art
of medium is media. Without the medium, an which has been in existence and
idea remains a concept, or it would just dwell in documented for at least fifty (50) years;
the walls of the artist's imagination. It is 3. Command respect and inspire admiration
challenging to manipulate the medium and of the country with his character and
transform it from its raw state. integrity;
 4. Must have transferred and/or willing to 6. Alonzo Saclag: musician and dancer,
transfer to other members of the Lubugan, Kalinga Province, Music and Dance
community the skills in the traditional and (Kalinga, 2000)
folk arts for which the community has 7. Fredirico Caballero: epic chanter, Sulid-
become nationally known. Bukidnon, lloilo, Poetry/ Epic Chant(Sugidanon),
5. However, a candidate who, due to age or 2000
infirmity, has left him/her/them incapable 8. Uwang Ahadas: musician, Lamitan, Basilan,
of teaching further his/her/their craft, may music, (Yakan specially Kulintang, Kwitangan
still be recognized provided that Kayu, gabbang agung, and tuntungan), 2000
he/she/they must possess the 9. Darhata Sawabi: (d. 2005), weaver, Parang
qualifications as enumerated above. Sulu, weaving (pis Syabit),2004

Duties and Responsibilities of Awardees National Artist of the Philippines

The Manlilikha ng Bayan is a link between
the past, in which his/her traditional folk art found The order of the National Artists is
fertile soil for growth, and the future, during which considered to be the highest national recognition
he/she seeks his/her art to be permanently for individuals who contributed to the
sustained. It becomes his/her responsibility, development of Philippine arts.
therefore, to undertake the following: The NCCA and the Cultural Center of the
1. to transfer the skills of his/her traditional Philippines together administer this award.
folk art to the younger generation through The President of the Philippines grants
apprenticeship and such other training this award to an artist after both institutions give
methods as are found to be effective; recommendations for this particular artist. This
2. to cooperate with the implementing began in 1972 when Presidential Proclamation
agency, as provided for in Sec. 7 of this no. 1001, s. 1972 was enacted to recognize
Act in the promotion and propagation of Filipino who made exceptional contributions to
his/her traditional folk arts; and Philippine arts and letters. Painter Fernando
3. to donate to the National Museum a Amorsolo was awarded the same year, making
sample or copy of his/her work. him the first national Artist.

Artist: is generally defined as an art practitioner,

The Recipients of the GAMABA Award such as a painter, sculptor, choreographer,
dancer, writer, poet, musicians, and the like, who
1. Ginaw Bilog(d. 2003): artist and poet, produces or creates indirectly functional arts with
Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro Poetry (Ambahan), aesthetic value using imagination.
1993
2. Masino Intaray (d. 2013): musician and epic Artists: are creative individuals who use their
chanter, Brookes Point, Plawan, Poetry (Kulilaw imagination and skills to communicate in an art
and Bagit) Music (Basal/ Gong), 1993 form. They use the materials of an art to solve
3. Samanon Sulaiman (d. 2011): Musician, visual problems. Artists look to many sources for
Mama sa Pano, Maguindanao Music (kutyapi), inspiration. Some look forward to their natural
1993 (d. 2011), Musician, Mama sa Pano, and cultural environment for ideas; others look
Maguindanao Music (kutyapi), 1993 within themselves for creative imagination.
4. Lang Dulay (d.2015): textile weaver, Lake
Sebu, South Cotabato, weaving (T'nalak), 1998 An artist is the producer of art.
5. Salinta Monon (d. 2009): weaver, Bansalan,
Davao del Sur, weaving(abaca-ikat/Inabal), 199
The National Commission for Culture and the Exhibit: generally refers to a single item being
Arts and the Cultural Center of the Philippines shown within an exhibition.
have set criteria for the order of national In most cases, exhibits are considered
artists. These criteria are as follows: temporary and usually scheduled to open and
1. Living artists who are Filipino citizens at the close on specific dates.
time of nomination, as well as those who died While many exhibitions are shown in
after the establishment of the award in 1972 but multiple locations and are called traveling
were Filipino citizens at the time of their death; exhibitions, and some are online exhibitions.
2. Artists who, through the content and form of
their works, have contributed in building a Filipino Even if exhibitions are frequent events, the
sense of nationhood; concept of an exhibition is quite wide and covers
3. Artists who have pioneered in a mode of many variables. Exhibitions range from
creative expression or style, thus earning extraordinarily large events, such as a World' fair
distinction and making an impact on succeeding exposition to small one-artist solo shows or a
generations of artists; display of just one item.
4. Artists who have created a substantial and
significant body of work and/or consistently Curators: are sometimes as concerned as the
displayed excellence in the practice of their art people who select the items in an exhibition.
form thus enriching artistic expression or style;
and Writers and editors: are sometimes needed to
5. Artists who enjoy broad ace through: write texts, labels, and accompanying printed
- prestigious national and/or international materials such as catalogs and books.
recognition, such as the Gawad CCP Para
Sining, CCP Thirteen Artists Award and Architects, exhibition designers, graphic
NCCA Alab ng Haraya; designers, and any other designers: may be
- Critical acclaim and/or reviews of their required to shape the exhibition space and give
works; form to the editorial content.
- Respect and esteem from peers.
Organizing and holding exhibitions also
ART EXHIBITS requires effective event planning, management,
and logistics.
Exhibition: is a planned arrangement and
display of a collection of items. Artisan: is a craftsman, such as carpenter,
: the word is usually, but not always, the word carver, plumber, blacksmith, weaver,
used for a collection of items made available to embroiderer, and the like, who produces directly
an audience. functional and/or decorative arts.
: usually take place within museums, galleries, Artisans help us in meeting our basic
and exhibition halls, and World's fairs. needs, such as food, shelter, clothing, dwelling,
furniture, and kitchen utensils; they craft
Exhibition can include many things, such as art in everything that makes our life easy. The artisan's
both major museums and smaller galleries, works are useful, relevant and essential in our
interpretive exhibitions, natural history museums everyday life. They serve us for a long time,
and history museums, and also varieties, such as supplying us directly with functional arts.
more commercially focused exhibitions and trade
fairs. An artisan is the designer of craft.
Art Market: is an economic ecosystem that relies 1. Germination (Idea): is the initial moment
not only on supply and demand but also on the when you conceive a new project in your
fabrication of a work's predicted future monetary life. It is a moment with a lot of energy
and /or cultural value. coming out of the future you envision. It is
: physical or figurative venue in which art is powerful time you will have to use wisely
bought and sold. for providing the right steps to move
forward. In the germination stage, you are
The important players in the art market: planting the seeds of your creation. The
most important and difficult thing in this
Curator: who is a manager or overseer, and stage is choosing. You need to be more
usually a curator or keeper of a cultural heritage specific about what you want to do. You
institution (e, g, gallery, museum, library, or have to learn to choose well, to make
archive), good decisions.
: is a content specialist charged with an 2. Assimilation: a crucial step in the
institution's collections, selecting arts to be creative process because you will plan,
displayed in a museum, organizing art exhibitions analyze it, and cultivate it with all the
in galleries or public places, researching artists, available resources. It follows an organic
and writing catalogs and involved with the path, with its own rhythms and needs.
interpretation of heritage. Sometimes it will look chaotic and difficult
to manage, do not try to intervene to
Art Buyer: is a professional who is change this process or adapt it to your
knowledgeable in art, who may scout talents for convenience. You will likely be
an advertising agency seeking to employ an art unsuccessful and put the whole project in
director, or who may look for an art for a collector danger.
or a company. 3. Completion: is the time to finish your
project, to give it to the final shape before
Art Dealer: is a person or a company that buys you present it to the audience. It is a
and sells works of art. difficult time because your energy will be
: often study the history of art before starting their little and likely dispersed with a new
careers. They have to understand the business vision. Put a deadline to your projects and
side of the art world. They keep up with the do not get entangled in small,
trends in the market and are knowledgeable never-ending details.
about the style of art that people want to buy.
They figure out how much they should pay A BEAUTIFUL WAY TO CONCLUDE
for a piece and then estimate the resale price. To YOUR PROJECTS IS BY CELEBRATING
determine the artwork's value, dealers inspect THEM. Celebrating is a great opportunity to
the objects or paintings closely and compare the share with other people your happiness for what
details with similar pieces. you have done. Afterward you will be ready to
start again.
The Creative Process
Robert Fritz, enumerated the steps in the PATTERN
creative process, and said that creating is a skill - A repeated design.
that can be learned and developed. Like any - It is the uniform repetition of any of the
other skill, we learn by practice and hands-on elements of art or any combination
experience.-we can learn to create by creating. thereof. Anything can be turned into a
pattern through repetition.
SCALE Principles of art/design: represent how the
- Comparison of one object to another in artist uses the elements of art to create an effect
terms of size. and to help convey the artist's intent.
PROPORTION
- Ratio; comparing parts of a whole in terms Why is it important to understand the principles of
of size. design?
EMPHASIS - The principles of design are the most
- What we focus on in an artwork. Usually, important part of any design process.
the largest or most detailed area. Without these principles, it would be very
- It is when the artist creates an area of the difficult for the users to understand the
composition that is visually dominant and type of message that the designer is trying
commands the viewer's attention. This is to communicate.
often achieved by contrast.
CONTRAST PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
- The amount of difference between Arrange the elements of art into a composition.
elements.
- Is the difference between elements of art Composition
in a composition, such that each element - is the way an artwork is arranged.
is made stronger in relation to other MOVEMENT
Value Contrast: the amount of difference - The path the viewer's eyes take through
between values. the artwork. Often to areas of focus.
TWO TYPES OF VALUE CONTRAST - It is the result of using the elements of art
1. High Contrast - there is a LARGE such that they move the viewer's eye
difference between the lightest and around and within the image.
darkest area. Edges look harder. (Ex. A sense of movement can be created by
Black and White are opposite value) diagonal or curvy lines, either real or implied, by
2. Low Contrast - there is not much edges, by the illusion of space, by repetition, by
difference between the lightest and energetic mark-making.
darkest area. -Edges look softer. (Ex. BALANCE
Values that are similar to each other, or - The visual weight each element is
varying grays.) distributed in a way that makes the
composition feel stable.
Contrast can be achieved by juxtaposition of any - Refers to the visual weight of the
elements of art. Negative/Positive space is an elements of the composition.
example of contrast. Complementary colors DIFFERENT TYPES OF BALANCE:
placed side by side is an example of contrast. No 1. Symmetrical Balance- the artwork could
tan is an example of contrast be divided in half and both sides would
look the same
Juxtaposition 2. Asymmetrical Balance - A type of
- Combining two or more unlike things to balance in which two sides of the art
show contrast. artwork are different. but still stable.
UNITY OR HARMONY
The elements of art are the visual tools that the - Using similar or repeated elements in an
artist uses to create a composition. These are: artwork to create consistency.
line, shape, color, value, form, texture, and VARIETY
space. - Using may different elements to create
interest or contrast in an artwork,
RHYTHM the style of art manipulates its substance.
- Repeating elements to create the feeling Rhythm, harmony, balance, contrast, movement,
of organized movement. proportion, and variety are the principles of art.
- Created by movement implied through the
repetition of elements of art in a Harmony (Mesiano, 2016): is essential to
non-uniform but organized way. It is beauty. In the visual arts, it is achieved by
related to rhythm in music. Unlike pattern, establishing a pleasing relationship between the
which demands consistency, thythm relies various elements.
on variety. There is harmony if the various parts of a
design will give an appearance of belonging
Lesson 1. Principles of Design (Mesiano, together. There is harmony if the various parts of
2016) (more on readings) a design will give an appearance of belonging
together. In other words, there must be unity.
The organization of the various elements of the
visual arts is governed by different principles of Repetition of angles and curves, shapes, lines
design. Through these principles, the artist can and colors will give a harmonious effect. If
form more beautiful and interesting color overdone, thought, repetition may become
harmonies and more beautiful combinations of monotonous and it may fail to hold the attention
shapes, texture and lines. and interest of observers.
To relieve monotony, there must be
Design makes it easier for artist to express his variety.
ideas in such way that the observer becomes
interested in his work. Variety: is said to be the spice of life and of art.
It also makes objects in our environment more : may be achieved by the diversity of materials
comprehensible. Sculpture organizes the human used and slight contrasts in color, texture, shape,
or animal form architecture organizes space and space arrangements. Media with different
through the arrangement of the parts of a textures and colors may be used.
building, both interior and exterior, in order to
produce a pleasing and interesting pattern. This is achieved when the elements of an artwork
come together in a unified way. Certain elements
The design of an art object makes it possible for are repeated yet still look and feel similar. Not
an observer to tell its function. An industrial monotony and not chaos, harmony is that
establishment is designed to express a business perfectly honed combination of both
like atmosphere of efficiency, and a church is
designed to create in the worshippers a religious Rhythm (Mesiano, 2016): is achieved by the
feeling and attitude. regular or harmonious recurrence of lines, forms
and colors. Rhythm is organized movements, a
Through the combination of lines, colors, and beat, a repetition. Through the repetitions of lines
forms, an artist can give the observer new, or forms.
varied, and satisfying experiences. There is no
end to the ways by which artist can give people Pattern: is produced which the eye follows as it
experiences that will uplift their spirits so that moves from the right to the left. A series of units
they forget the tedium of their everyday repeated one after another also produces
existence. rhythmic movement.

If the elements of art are your tools, the principles Through the use of color, charming patterns will
of art are how you put them to work. It is where be formed that will carry the eye from one part of
a room to another. Repetition of color in different elements in the image do create a strong overall
parts of the room like red roses in a vase on top image, and capture the viewer's eye using other
of a table, spots of red in the curtains, and throw methods such as leading lines, contrast color,
pillows with red designs, produces a rhythmical symmetry, etc.
effect which is not only charming but pleasing.
The eye will be drawn about the room from one Soulmaking
red spot to another. Care must be taken though : is an alternate place to know oneself and to
not to use equal amounts of red as this will look at the depths and meaning of what we do in
contradict the principles of proportion. our daily lives.
: is a step towards a deeper comprehension of
Balance (Mesiano, 2016): A pleasing how the world is perceived and how his or her
relationship between the various elements of a own personality is seen.
work of art is not the only requirement for beauty.
These elements must also be arranged that Soul making plays a major role in
feeling of balance and equilibrium exists between art-production; it is a form of crafting stories,
them. We are all familiar with the word balance. If transforming brief moments into images, symbols
all the parts are equally distributed around a that connect with people, understanding culture
central point, we achieved balance. If weights and embodying tolerance, peace, and
are equally distributed on each side of a center or imagination.
fulcrum, as in a see saw, we have balance.
Soulmaking is more than the religious
Balance gives a feeling of stability and rest.
perspective.

Artists combine elements to add a feeling of

equilibrium or stability to a work of art. Symmetry Soul: refers to a person's individuality that
and asymmetry are manifestations of balance. resonates with his or her behavior.
Since art is a human expression that is
Rule of thirds (Mesiano, 2016): is a "rule of highly valued and symbolic, a person typically
thumb" or guideline which applies to the process uses different art forms to fulfill the need to
of composing visual images such as designs, communicate and express himself or herself. The
films, paintings, and photographs. human desire to actualize his or her very being is
The rule of thirds describes a basic strongly assisted by Soulmaking.
compositional structure of a photograph Taking
any image, you can split it into 9 segments by Art: gives a person a sense of purpose for what
using 3 vertical and 3 horizontal lines. he or she is doing. As any artwork is an
expression of one's perceptions, feelings,
In photography, the rule of thirds is a type of emotions, and realities, the key to personal
composition in which an image is divided evenly cultural growth is the process of creating such
into thirds, both horizontally and vertically, and expression.
the subject of the image is placed at the Soulmaking utilizes every human
intersection of those dividing lines, or along on of experience to build the influence that can make
the lines itself. the artist himself and others improve.

Of all the "rules'' in photography, the rule of Categories of Soul Making

thirds is one of the easiest to successfully break.
Framing an image so that subjects or lines don't 1. Crafting image: includes the production,
fall on the rule of thirds areas can still create a by various forms and methods, of visual
successful image, as long as the lines and other representations of images. Any art form
 such as drawing, sketching, and sculpting By searching for new ideas and
can be used to perform this process. investigating how a particular habit or productivity
Dancing, poetry, musical instrument method works, you strengthen your knowledge.
playing, and even filmmaking may also do In other words, you learn what kind of working
this. routines produce the best results and why.
: It pertains to the creation of visual
representations of images through different forms 2. Dimostrazione: being ready to test
and methods. knowledge through experience and
2. Crafting Stories: He or she is already accepting failure.
creating stories when an individual writes
down his or her own personal feedback, The idea is straightforward: test out your
life values, deep feelings, ideas, ideals, knowledge in the real world, accept that you will
and even high and low emotions. Similar fail sometimes, and learn from these mistakes.
to crafting images, he or she may be If you want to find your most productive habits,
portrayed by different means when one don't just learn about them. Test them out.
craft story is presented. Stories can be
relayed via vivid photos, calming music, 3. Sensazione: the consistent refinement of
and impactful sentences. the senses.
3. Crafting instruments: are treated as "a
bridge to the unknown because the To connect this idea with modern productivity
instrument creates sounds that exceed techniques, use your senses to be mindful of
our thoughts, emotions, and sensations. your habits at work. Create a moment-to-moment
The soul is accompanied by a vessel so awareness of what you are doing by looking at
that the soul will not disappear." how you act and listening — really listening — to
Instruments help people explore the feedback.
magic behind music and its unique impact The more you use your senses, the more
on a person. Such musical instruments experience you acquire. And this mindfulness
can establish the soul's harmonious when it comes to your working routines will help
sustenance and the mind's balance. you approach a project with more poise.

4. Sfumato: "going up in smoke" - accepting

7 DA VINCIAN PRINCIPLES
ambiguity, uncertainty, and contradictions.

Michael J. Gelb : In 1998, American author

In simple terms, instead of fearing uncertainty at
published his bestseller How to Think Like
work - like new challenges, projects, or
Leonardo Da Vinci, in which he analyzed Da
associates - we ought to embrace it.
Vinci's thinking and outlined seven essential
Consequently, if you want to become
principles.
better at what you do, befriend the concept of
uncertainty and ready yourself for constant
1. Curiosità: relentless curiosity and a change. The better you espouse sfumato, the
willingness to learn new things. more you can become a leader at work and
complete challenging tasks.
Curiosity - as in asking more questions about
yourself, your work, and your assumptions — 5. Arte/Scienza: balancing science and art.
isn't just a personal growth tool. It's also a
productivity technique. Combine your function with fun, and you'll
advance toward mastery.
 When you're trying to bolster your
productivity, don't just use the left side of your
brain. Always balance out serious work habits
with playful rituals, and you'll become more
motivated, and ultimately, more productive.

6. Corporalita: the cultivation of fitness and

grace.

Stay on top of your physical game with the right

foods and activities. Likewise, boost your mental
strength by practicing mindfulness, allowing for
enough relaxation
A sharp mind and a healthy body are
prerequisites for productivity.

7. Connessione: understanding the

interconnection of things - systems
thinking.

One productive habit doesn't change our lives. A

system of productive activities, on the other
hand, will make the difference.
For example, complete work assignment
A and move on to creative project B immediately
afterward. The idea is to combine one productive
activity with another to create a system that
bundles your creativity.
By performing a sequence of habits
regularly, you get into a flow state. And this
groove will help you attain momentum in terms of
productivity.