September: when we experience the paradox of both equilibrium and transition. Cool, crisp breezes persuade the gardens to turn out their harvest while the rich golds and crimsons of Fall foliage replace the brighter hues of Summer months. Summer bids us farewell at the Autumn Equinox when the sun hangs in the sky for equal time for day and night and the earth is at a midpoint in its annual rotation. Summer never wants to end though, and it often returns for an encore of hot days before exiting the stage. Children are settled into their school routines and adults are planning family gatherings for the end of the year. September is a liminal time where nothing settles, but it is full of the excitement of anticipation of what comes next.

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This piece by Maneki Neko is part of a series of an open edition for each month of 2023. It was created through experimentation with the AI tools Midjourney and Stable Diffusion in multiple iterations of combinations of prompts and settings to produce hundreds of floral synthographs. The best of these images were curated and upscaled with Stable Diffusion to bring out even more details and finished with color and fine detail editing in Photoshop.
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Digital image, 8000x8000 px

Year Minted: 2023

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