DescriptionWhat exactly is sacred? What is mythic geography? How is it expressed in the landscape? Can it be designed? This project is thus one of a traveler, or pilgrim, on a journey of discovering sacred landscape. What follows is my attempt to explore these questions through the medium of painting, poetry, and landscape design. To help me in my transitional exploration of the sacred in the American landscape, I have turned to the poetry of Gary Snyder for guidance. Following in the footsteps of Snyder, and his translational attempt as an American studying the sacred landscape of Asia, I call upon his ideas to help me express, as an Asian studying in America, my understanding of the universal qualities that define the sacred landscape. In honor of Snyder, I have formatted this thesis as a landscape poem, comprised of five verses, each of which contain multiple stanzas. Also, Grace Farms church as an important community religion space, is my design exploration. The main objective is to reintroduce sacred to the neighborhood.