Kali Mitres

Daily Devotional

Creative writing installation that reflects a monologue of a narrator who is in denial of their similarities between human to machine, and machine to holiness. The speaker is caught between a liminal space between being divine, and being machine, grappling with their identity. They posses organic qualities, but also elements of artificiality. There's a yearning for the divine: the speaker claims closeness to a godlike state, while being surrounded by synthetic elements, suggesting that spirituality has become mechanized or virtual. They express a paradoxical mix of pride and anxiety about their closeness to machines—wanting to be more than human, but unsure if that's still possible.

“In this piece, I wanted to reflect on the fragile boundaries between flesh and circuitry, spirituality and artificiality, and explore how modern identity is increasingly entangled with technology. It mourns the potential loss of humanity, even as it marvels the transcendence machines might offer.The language blends organic and mechanical imagery—heartbeats as hums, souls through circuit boards, and angels behind screens.”