Writing from The Heart: Your Vowels Propel Power

Writing from The Heart

"Writing from The Heart" is a workshop on creative writing, creative drawing, and creative drama. There are three available versions of this workshop: one for beginners on the secondary, tertiary, and graduate levels, and another for practitioners. A third version of this workshop is designed as an outreach program to disadvantaged and underserved audiences such as the disabled, the poor and the marginalized, victims of human trafficking, battered women and abused children, drug rehabilitation center residents, child combatants, children in conflict with the law, prisoners, and gang leaders. This third version incorporates creativity and problem awareness, conflict resolution, crisis intervention, trauma therapy, and peacemaking.

Sunday, October 11, 2015

Your Vowels Propel Power

Did you know that the usual vowels A-E-I-O-U are the fuel that propels your words forward?

Though seemingly unrelated to creative writing, this is one of the principles in modern Philippine magic. Vowels taken in different combinations are expressions of the 72 Hebrew Names of God, and are worked into spells.

Take I-A-O-U-E, which, when enunciated, translates to Yahweh. Or I-E-O-U-A, which, when enunciated, translates to Jehovah. Can you then see how "A-E-I-O-U" is really "Yahweh-Jehovah" if you connect the string of vowels in a circle?

Can you think of other combinations of vowels that secretly contain words of power?