Shahar

Description

This image captures a surreal, dreamlike figure suspended in a moment of profound transformation. Draped in an organic, textured garment and crowned with cascading blue braids, she hovers between the human and the natural world—part flesh, part earth. Rooted in stillness, surrounded by lush flora and floating lotus blooms, she becomes a quiet symbol of memory, metamorphosis, and spiritual becoming. Blending fashion, nature, inspired imagination, and AI, the image explores identity, interconnectedness, and the sacredness hidden in overlooked moments—where breath meets soil, and the ordinary becomes elemental and profound. The lotus blooms serve as silent witnesses to our small, daily transformations—reminders that we are already everything we seek, grounded in the quiet recognition that we have always been more on earth than we dared remember.

Process

In making The Quiet Recognition, I was not just creating an image—I was listening. Listening to the whispers of memory and intuition, as well as the slow, patient process of becoming. This work emerged from a desire to witness the quiet spaces where transformation happens—not loudly or suddenly, but invisibly and powerfully. Created with AI and inspired by the photographic practice, it explores the threshold between self and nature, between the visible and the deeply felt. It began with a question: What if becoming isn’t linear or loud, but slow, rooted, and already unfolding within us? The figure at the center embodies this in-between state—suspended in stillness, draped in organic textures, and adorned with blue braids that echo sky, memory, and ritual. Set against a backdrop where the forest floor dissolves into a dreamscape, the image holds space for quiet metamorphosis. It speaks to the sacred that lives in repetition, in breath, in the unnoticed rituals of daily life. Rather than constructing fantasy, I try to listen to the small moments that thread through life—to the quiet, continuous unfolding of transformation—and let the image grow from that listening. What emerges is not an escape from the world, but a return to something ancient and internal. The Quiet Recognition is a visual poem—an invitation to remember who we are beneath the surface and to allow that knowing to root, stretch, and become.

Tools

This piece was created using Midjourney, an AI image-generation tool. I approach AI not simply as a tool, but as a creative partner—one that responds to language, emotion, and metaphor in unexpected ways. Drawing on my photographic background, I bring a distinct visual sensibility to AI-generated art—blending the technical precision of photography with the fluid, exploratory nature of AI. I guide the process with a visual sensibility—composing prompts as though framing a shot or chasing light. Textures, symbolism, and mood emerge through layering poetic prompts, iterative refinement of language, careful selection from multiple outputs, and thoughtful post-processing. This technique allows me to shape dreamlike spaces that feel both personal and archetypal—where memory, identity, and nature quietly converge. The result is not just a visual output, but an unfolding conversation between human intuition and machine interpretation.