microcosms of dreamscapes, an ode to untapped ecosystems | generated scenes from my midjourney
minting now on objkt
For this genesis collection, I followed an intention to appreciate the art of feeling small--and I mean that in no poetic way whatsoever. Quite literally, the artform of insignificance.
I recently visited Western Mono land (presently known as Sequoia, CA) and found myself among ancient giants. Trees pre-dating me by thousands of years cast shadows on my entire existence and as I meandered through these sacred groves--my neck craned up towards the canopy--I couldn’t help but feel so beautifully insignificant.
I’ll save you from the run on sentences of my first draft, but I find value in acknowledging my small-ness and reflecting on the fact that I am liberated from all the implications that everything I do has to be some super great, meaningfully significant, awesome thing. Of course, the ebbs and flows of the human experience make this easier said than done… but I digress.
And so I interpret this collection as a series of snapshots of these little worlds that might exist in our morning dew or the lint on our window sills. By paying them a visit, maybe we remind ourselves that being little does not exclude us from being whole-- rich, cultivated, and expressive. Having been generated via Midjourney AI, these pieces are all a little imperfect. Maybe there are things out of place or forms that look a little wonky, but c’est la vie, isn’t it?
colophon
The worldbuilding itself draws inspiration from my dreamscapes of ecological systems that I hope remain permanently hidden from the anthropocene. The art was generated by my new friend, Midjourney AI and I’m listing them on the tezos blockchain in the name of hobbyism and accessibility. Again, you can find them all right here.
supplementary materials
Best paired with a little Paradisia by Björk, After The Rain by Little Dragon, Valley In The Ocean by Bruno Pernadas.
about
Talyssa uses “PhD candidate in Microbiology” as her opening line in every bio that matters; however, like many constituents of academia these days, she is on the quest to find her plat de résistance. If you’re interested in keeping up, you can find her in other places.
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