Physicality of Soul, Fisic an Anama

Micheal Mac an Airchinnigh

The idea of Physicality of Soul was born in South Eastern Europe in 2004. The very strangeness of the phrase, using old words in unusual combination, suggests something very new and of its time. The Bulgarian, Физика на Душата, tries to capture the sense of this idea from a local cultural perspective. At the other extreme Western Region of Europe, Fisic an Anama, translates the Bulgarian. Physicality of Soul speaks of the spirit of the Digital re-Discovery of Culture made alive in the playful person, (s)he who is at play in the game of life. The World-Wide Web provides the modern cultural medium by which one begins to know the Other. Such knowledge in becoming is only fully realized in and by the body. This is Physicality of Soul. Dancing typifies Physicality of Soul. So does play-acting and singing and running. There is play to be found everywhere. How can such playing be conjoined with the digital world? How can the digital world be humanized? This paper explores the possible.