In every culture, creation has always been more than a skill — it’s a way of being. Long before the modern world began to chase output, ancient traditions understood that creativity and ritual are inseparable. Whether it’s the brushstroke of a calligrapher, the preparation of tea, or the shaping of clay, each act of making was — and still is — a prayer in motion. This is the creative act as a way of being — not about the finished product, but the state of presence we enter w