Welcome to the Art of Soulmaking

The letters we’ve received from Art of Soulmaking participants have been filled with genius, creativity and the power of art that brings recognition to the soul of our participants.

This gallery is intended to share the work of these artists, and bring their voices and messages out into the world.

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EVERYTHING
Mar 26, 2025, by Alma Bravo
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Mar 22, 2025, by Reynaldo Figueroa Sanabria
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Unconditional Freedom: Paper and Pen
Stuck in prison with no family or friends, all I got to get by is this Paper and pen. But with this paper and pen there is no end. Cause with the pen and paper I can create. I can create a spaceship and head to space or I can create a story where I'm the head of state. Unconditional freedom... "F...
Mar 22, 2025, by Anthony Villalpando
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Praying Hands
Mar 20, 2025, by Jessie J Webb
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To Unconditional Freedom
Mar 20, 2025, by Jessie J Webb
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DOORS
DOORS T.J. Fisher, aka Tidishi Have you ever taken the time to consider the significance and power — the role that doors play in our lives? The types of doors that we walk through in life are the mathematical sum of past thoughts. Some of us allow ourselves to get accustomed to walking through ge...
Mar 12, 2025, by Timothy Jo Fisher
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INVISIBLE
My Name is Mr. Irrelevant T.J. Fisher, aka Tidishi I have no words or value, no family, no friends; I'm a loner by default. Since my birth, I have roamed this lonely world, searching for someone like me — someone who could actually see me. Although I’ve had no luck thus far, this tragedy does ...
Mar 12, 2025, by Timothy Jo Fisher
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Portraits
Mar 3, 2025, by Reynaldo Figueroa Sanabria
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Kudzu and Bamboo: Invasives, Implementation, and Integration!
A Look at Nature’s Solutions Down here in the South—and all across the country, really—farmers have used windbreaks made of trees and shrubs for centuries. When I was a kid, we’d travel on summer vacations to Iuka, Mississippi, to visit my mom’s side of the family. Along Highway 82, we saw Kudzu ...
Mar 3, 2025, by Brian Fuller
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Born Anew
What does one do when time doesn't stop? When the very wheels of fate turn—yet never move. How does one see when there's no light to be seen? When the cold embrace of the tomb Isn't felt in the embrace of death? A living death. One day at a time. Until— Rebirth. First steps in a new world, Sights...
Feb 8, 2025, by Chad Langgle
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For The Men of Unconditional Freedom
For the Men of Unconditional Freedom By Jeremy Craft My Definition of True Wealth Being loved unconditionally by those who should love you Having men and women who will make sacrifices to fight for you and your cause Being loved and respected by your children Leaving behind a legacy that cannot b...
Feb 7, 2025, by Jeremy Craft
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How Art of Soulmaking Changed My View of Life and My Incarceration
To All Seeking Unconditional Freedom,  Hello! My name is Jeffrey Yasmine and I am from South Carolina– Lexington, South Carolina to be exact–a small town outside the capital city of Columbia. I am currently serving a 10-year sentence at Broad River correctional facility. To sum up what got me her...
Dec 3, 2024, by Jeffrey Yasmine
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You Are Not Alone
Anyone who needs to know, you are not alone. Experience has taught me that life burns with an intensity of heartbreaking beauty and overwhelming pain that mere words can only whisper of. The most courageous act we humans ever commit is being born and seeing it through. I believe the questions, t...
Nov 9, 2024, by Luke Hundley
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From Scars to Stars
(1 Corinthian 2:10) “Now god has revealed these things to us by the spirit, For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.” Soulfire incarnates through the scars of ancestors. Ancients eyes study juvenile hands. Surreal sentience. The mirror whispers, “Am I waking up or falling aslee...
Nov 9, 2024, by Luke Hundley
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Nov 9, 2024, by Marvin Sides
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Nov 9, 2024, by Marvin Sides
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Nov 9, 2024, by Marvin Sides
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Nov 9, 2024, by Marvin Sides
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