The AI Art Exhibit by Lyr Lobo, aka Dr. Cynthia Calongne, blends William Gibson's The Peripheral with portals to a Secret Garden, a fairytale land, and in the style of Thomas Cole's Voyage of Life series. Designed in Midjourney, this AI Art is on exhibit in Second Life from May 24-June 30, 2023. It is in teleporter #4 within Art Blue's Genesis Tower.

1. AI Art Exhibit by Lyr Lobo
Dr. Cynthia Calongne
using Midjourney
CC By 4.0

2. Voyage of Life: Old Age
Inspiration for
Lyr’s AI Art
came from
blending
The Voyage of
Life
paintings
by
Thomas Cole
CC-0
The Secret
Garden
and
William Gibson’s
The Peripheral
Voyage of Life: Manhood
Voyage of Life: Youth
Voyage of Life: Childhood

3. Imagine a girl finding a Secret Garden through a portal to a
dystopian future London, style of Thomas Cole’s Voyage of Life.
The garden represents hope and the portal our passageway to it.
My inspiration came from Thomas Cole’s Voyage of Life paintings.

4. Gazing from the Secret Garden through a portal to a fairy tale
kingdom in the style of Thomas Cole’s Voyage of Life.
The Secret Garden guards the portal, giving us a glimpse of the
untamed beauty that lies beyond the horizon.

5. The Secret Garden is not a place of perfection, but instead
overgrown, the promise of beauty and hope that is hidden.
From William Gibson’s dystopian London, we discover the
Secret Garden, a place of beauty that resides in each of us.

6. The Voyage of Life begins with Childhood, and our Secret
Garden is a place of beauty and mystery.
As we journey to The Voyage of Life: Youth, we emerge to see
Gibson’s vision of a dystopian future London.

7. Gazing back through the portal, the Secret Garden is a place of
mystery and innocence, bridging time and space.
From the Secret Garden we step through the portal and visit a
fairytale kingdom in the style of Thomas Cole’s Voyage of Life.

8. Imagine a fairytale kingdom guarded by dragons in a magical
land as we travel the Voyage of Life: Youth by Thomas Cole.
The perils around us give us strength as we look back at
dystopian London from Cole’s The Voyage of Life: Manhood.

9. Dragons blend into the castle as the hill open, beckoning us to
explore the garden as a place of hope.
The castle shifts into a place of beauty, welcoming all who
explore its depths.

10. As we progress through Thomas Cole’s Voyage of Life: Old Age,
we gain the wisdom to face our fears.
The Voyage of Life: Old Age is not the end of the journey. It is a
portal to a place of beauty that lies beyond the realm of man.