Week 5: The Altar

in lonesome darkness

Week 5: The Altar

the mind creates in lonesome darkness

The Altar

I worship at the altar of creativity

I pray with every stroke of the brush

every written word, a sacred text

every sculpture, a totem

every song, a muse

I am creation and creator

a medium of transcendence

a poet of prophecy

an icon and a shrine

Description: This poem is a devotional ode to creativity as a sacred practice. Framing artistic acts as rituals of worship, it elevates making into a form of prayer and positions the artist as a vessel of revelatory truth. Through religious imagery and bold self-identification, the poem explores creation as transcendence, art not merely as expression, but as a spiritual calling and altar in itself.

Reflection: How does it feel to hear art being compared to a sacred practice (empowering, hopeful, scary, wrong, etc.)? What truths have you discovered through the process of creating? What revelation does your life and/or art convey to the world?