{"id":954,"date":"2017-07-24T21:39:49","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T01:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skins.abtec.org\/skins5.0\/?p=954"},"modified":"2017-08-02T01:45:36","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T05:45:36","slug":"moolelo-planting-the-seed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skins.abtec.org\/skins5.0\/moolelo-planting-the-seed\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 4: Mo’olelo Planting the Seed"},"content":{"rendered":"
Day 4<\/p>\n
Stories are a big part of Hawaiian culture. Solomon Enos is an artist who came to visit us today. He shared his belief that all of the mo\u2019olelo–the stories–begin in seed form. Solomon believes open source escapism and activism in art are\u00a0to be shared. He said, “Sharing is how we survived through the millennium and Hawai’i had came to the threshold of losing their stories. The biggest gift we have, is to share our stories.”<\/p>\nSolomon Enos sharing his creativity<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Solomon Enos is an awesome, energetic and passionate artist who draws deeply\u00a0from his Hawaiian heritage. He advised the participants to launch their own canoe “into a new journey by building your story into an exciting experience that opens the door to your imagination. Creating feeds your Spirit, your Ko\u2019liano. It is healthy to work on your stories, to get into the flow, where time has no meaning.”<\/p>\nSolomon showing his prototype game art and how to play.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Solomon is also a game designer, and he led us in playing\u00a0his visually stunning card game.\u00a0\u00a0He encouraged the Skins participants\u00a0to make their game\u00a0“delicious, to make it nutritious, to make the game full of flavor”. With a philosophy much like our own, he stated\u00a0“With story telling, we build on the past to make sense of the present and the future, and we translate thought into reality. We can do this by having no more secrets, show reality and how life really is.”<\/p>\nMatt Sproat shared his gift of music with a well sung ballad.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Matt Sproat is a recording artist who comes from a musical family and is blessed with talent. \u00a0Matt is publishing his fifth\u00a0album and is inspired by Hawaiian music. “Music can make you happy. Sound makes you feel. Sound is tangible,” he said as he plugged in his guitar to introduce the software, Audacity.His lessons will focus on\u00a0how to create and manipulate sound for\u00a0game play.<\/p>\nMatt introducing Audacity sound software<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
At the end of this fast paced day the Skins 5.0 team had\u00a0a plan for a video game that is going to be adventurous and challenging. We gathered, as usual, to end with\u00a0an Oli. Have a relaxing evening and\u00a0Mahalo nui.<\/p>\n
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