Psyche

The story of Psyche has many lessons about humanity. Her life began as a mortal woman whose beauty rivaled that of Aphrodite. Though most would say she was extremely blessed, this only brought her isolation in being exceptional and jealousy from those who she outshone who worked to tear her down from a pedestal she never wished to be placed upon. Her life was a series of trials, deaths and rebirths, and being faced with challenges simply because of being born with attributes she could not control. She survived all this with determination, help from those with empathy and a bit of luck before finally being released from the burdens of her life and elevated to goddess-hood as the patron and representative of the human soul. 🌸🌿🌼🍃🌸🌿🌼🍃🌸🌿🌼🍃🌸🌿🌼🍃🌸🌿 This piece is a 1/1 edition by Maneki Neko. It was created through months of experimentation with the AI tool Stable Diffusion to synthesize distinctive and stylized portraits from hundreds of combinations of prompts and settings to produce thousands of images. The best of these images were curated and used to initiate the generation of six variations. To bring out even more details, the piece was upscaled against a third prompt resulting in several more versions which were collaged, fixed for any aberrations and finished with color and fine detail editing in Photoshop. Don't forget to zoom in! Digital image, 6000x8000 px Year Minted: 2022 Extended Editorial License: The image this NFT verifies may be used to display privately, or in commercial and non-commercial settings, or in groups with an unlimited number of participants. The license includes unlimited use and display in virtual or physical galleries, documentaries, and essays by the NFT holder. Provides no rights to create commercial merchandise, commercial distribution, or derivative works.