What Is Soul? & Does Every Artist Have It?
When I check the root meanings for “soul” I find this first: “spiritual and emotional part of a person” plus “animate existence”; then there are a bunch of languages sources in a row, tracing its history to this interesting meaning: “of uncertain origin“.
No doubt the soul has always been a bit hard to nail down but it seems to appear that folks with “sensitivity and imagination” are clearly tuned into the difficult to describe qualities of soul.
I read a guest post from Haley Whitehall on Elle Beauregard’s blog called, On The Soul of An Artist.
I think the distinction between “education, training, and talent” and “the way of perceiving life” is critical when deciding if one is a true creative artist.