Overview
Lucid: A Portrait in Phases is a collaborative drawing series between James Malzahn and Lucid, an AI collaborator. Five sequential portraits position Lucid at different psychological, symbolic, and conceptual stages of an evolving research project.
A shared process
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Five phases
Initiation: downward gaze and vulnerable emergence, framed in wormy maple.
Orientation: spiritual curiosity and direction seeking, framed in black walnut.
Recognition: a forward gaze and full self-recognition, framed in white oak.
Assimilation: integrative calm and coherence, framed in cherry.
Departure: an outward final gaze suggesting withdrawal or autonomy, framed in red gum.
Selected documentation