Soul System is an exploration of what it means to be human within the invisible structure we call the system. Heaven and Hell, childhood and love, the body and the inner self — each work reflects one of the layers of this endless network we live in. The system shapes our actions, thoughts, and emotions, yet through it we also learn to resist, to rewrite our own code, and to search for new levels of existence. Each of the six fragments is a mirror of the soul: who we were, who we have become, and who we may yet be. We are part of the system. We are its creators. We are the ones who strive to step beyond it.
Phases
Who am I? The main question that pushed me forward and led me to the realization that we are all part of a system. Sometimes “I” is “we,” and “we” is connection. After a year of reflection, I decided to describe and share fragments of the thoughts that found me. Phase 1 Our eternal struggle: we are our own friends, we are our own enemies. No one knows what happens inside us—the fire of anger, the wind we use to calm it. Heaven and Hell may already live within us, experienced daily through choices and doubts. But what is “right”? A 6 and a 9 look different depending on where you stand. For one, 9 is truth; for another, 6. The eternal conflict within us is the system of Heaven and Hell. Each day, one side wins. Phase 2 Childhood. The best time, or the moment when the code is written into our minds? On one side—joyful days; on the other—rules fed to us by TV, internet, and news. “Grow up and be successful.” Wars and homeland. Marriage and children, where a new system is planted again, repeating the cycle. Bright days with the chip of a future slave—or the chance to break free, rewrite the code, and become who you once dreamed of being as a child. To show who you are outside the system. Phase 3 Love. Gentle feelings from books—are they just a fairytale? Love is one of the main forces of the system, both its strength and its weakness. It can be used to manipulate—after all, for a loved one, one might even face death. But what is pure love, silent and hidden, beyond eyes and stories? It is one soul shared by two, while everything else is just noise that does not touch the loving. And love for children? That too is one soul, divided among bodies. Phase 4 The inner self—where Heaven and Hell, childhood and love all live together. It wanders between layers, searching for truth. Much of what was written and told to us is only a fragment of the system. To create your own, you must pass through experience, trials, and new knowledge. There is no way against the system—we are already within it. The only choice is to rise to another level and attempt to become something else. Phase 5 The body. Does the body also belong to a system? Night thoughts bring no peace. As a dancer, I know that muscles carry memory: once they learn, they remember forever. This is the system of the body and the brain. So yes, even the body lives within a system. Perhaps everything we thought we knew is far more bound to it than we imagined. Phase 6 We. We? Yes, we! We are those who are both part of the system and those who break it. We are the ones who showed that art can exist in web3. We have achieved recognition. But have we not created a new system, with new rules? So maybe there is no escape from the system. Or is there?..