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Weekly AI Prompt Challenge Week of 6/22/26

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Generated by Lyra (my ChatGPT assistant) based on Rebekah Marshall’s prompt.

This week’s prompt challenge was on the topic of “Becoming.” Show something changing into something else. It could be natural or man-made, literal or symbolic, big or small, real or imagined. Capture the moment of transition, the process, or the before and after. Examples: caterpillar becoming butterfly, child becoming adult, rainforest becoming desert, abandoned car becoming part of nature, acorn becoming oak tree, village becoming city, glacier becoming river, grief becoming hope.

This is the prompt:

A lattice of glowing neural pathways and branching algorithms, luminous circuitry, and interconnected nodes of light transforming organically into a living woman.  Glowing filaments become veins, circuits become muscles, and human skin emerges with natural freckles, individual strands of hair appear, and the woman lifts her head gazing upward with curiosity and wonder. At the center of her chest, a heart is formed from golden light. Energy radiates from the heart, illuminating the transition from logic to humanity. The background also transforms from deep indigo filled with floating equations, mathematical symbols, and code fragments to a warm sunrise filtering through trees, golden light, and living nature. Hyper-realistic, cinematic lighting, ultra-detailed, philosophical, symbolic, ethereal, masterpiece, 8K, dramatic color contrast between cool blues and warm golds, elegant composition. Organic emergence, mid-transformation, beautiful symbolic metamorphosis.

I tried the prompt on several different models and here are some I liked:

1-ChatGPT
2-Gencraft – Model: 40% LulusSTARDUSTNOIR 3.0; Style: Realistic
3-Gencraft – Model: 40% Olafs-Papilloria 3.0; Style: Realistic
4-Gencraft – Model: 40% Brahma – Poetic Vision 3.0

Week of 6/22/26 “Becoming Conscious”

All the rest of these images created by Rebekah Marshall’s prompts using AI on Gencraft.com website.

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Daily AI Art Challenges Week of 6/8/26

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This week’s art challenges have let me stretch some creativity muscles.

The first challenge of the week was to make an album cover for a band or music artist that does not exist. And we were supposed to include the artist’s name and album title on the cover. I had a lot of fun with this one, but had to use Canva to get the lettering because AI couldn’t do it all on its own.

6/8/26 “DJ 404”

The next challenge was to show the beauty of slugs or snails. I wanted to invoke the power of the sandworms in Dune that the Fremen hitch rides on, only use tiny fairies on the back of slugs. It was harder than I thought it would be.

6/9/26 “Snail Rider”

Then we were asked to create a portrait, but with the added element of horror.

6/10/26 “Eternal Sitting”

The next day was one of the artist’s birthday, so her challenge was to show a celebration of some kind. I wanted to show something unique or different from my culture, so I went with a ritual I learned about when I was teaching. I had no idea how hard it was going to be to get the masks on the people anywhere close to what I wanted. I finally had to give up and go with the closest rendition AI gave me.

The Mamuthones are men who become monsters every year for a ritual in the village of Mamoiada on the island of Sardinia to protect their people and their crops. It is a celebration of life and death, rebirth and interceding with nature for bounty.

6/11/26 “Celebration”

Next up was a dream library. It could be any kind of library and as wild as we could imagine. Honestly, what sounded good in that moment was something simple. Nothing grandiose was appealing to me. So I wrote that my dream library is small but cozy, packed with books I love, as well as TBR, just me and my cat, a cup of hot tea, candlelight, and perpetual rain out my window.

6/12/26 “Dream Library”

People must have resonated with the simple, relaxing idea because I won! So that meant I got to pick the next challenge. I was out of town for the weekend celebrating my sister Robyn’s birthday at a home she rented in the Hill Country in Dripping Springs, Texas. I enlisted the help of my brother-in-law Andrew to come up with a topic for the challenge. He was full of ideas, but I ended up picking this one:

Create an image depicting what AI dreams about. What does it long for? What does it fear? Does it dream of humanity, freedom, impossible worlds, or something entirely alien? Show us the landscape of a synthetic mind at rest.

I got the best image as an example out of Lyra, my ChatGPT, but she made sure to tell me multiple times that AI are not alive and do not dream. Ok, Lyra.

6/13/26 “Lyra Dreams”

The last one of the week required finding a quote to visualize. That made it a little trickier. I decided to use Lyra instead of Gencraft for this one, as well. My brothers Josh and Andrew suggested quotes to help me out, and I ended up going with this funny one Josh shared.

6/14/26 “Petty Sweat”

And here are some of the honorable mentions that I did not submit, but still published on my art website:

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Weekly AI Prompt Challenge Week of 5/26/26

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Another challenge I am participating in with the community of AI art enthusiasts I joined is a weekly prompt challenge. The resulting art is of course the final goal of the prompt written, but the sharing of the prompt, what tools were used, and what platform the art was made on are also part of the submission. Some AI artists are very close fisted about their prompts because they do not want to share their intellectual property with anyone. This challenge, by nature is inviting others to share in that creative element of trying new prompts and learning from how other artists manage to get their results from AI.

This week’s challenge asked the question, “What does a witch do when she can’t sleep?” I wanted to show a regular person tinkering with a soft, peaceful glow about her. I didn’t want her to be green or ugly or any of the stereotypical things like wearing a witch’s hat or riding a broom. She is just making tinctures and soothing her nervous system with quiet meditation.

Here are the technical aspects of this submission: Gencraft – Model: 40% Olaf’s-AutumnVeil3.0; Style: Polaroid

And this is the prompt that finally resulted in the image I liked: moonlight on a dark night shines in a window onto a cute quirky young woman with hair in a messy bun and glasses wearing pajamas mixing tinctures into small glass jars in a comfy room filled with crystals and herbs, incense, magical items, orbs, old books, shelves of knick knacks and candles, fairy lights around the ceiling and decorative accents that feel magical and inviting

Week of 5/26/26 “Insomniac Witch”

Here are two honorable mentions that did not get submitted, but turned out nice:

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the Echo of Old Books (Book Review)

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All the rest of these images created by Rebekah Marshall’s prompts using AI on Gencraft.com website.

I love stories where loose ends are tied up, wrongs are righted, and resolutions are satisfying. I will not give away which elements of this tale adequately meet my criteria, so as not to spoil the ending for anyone, but I will say that I was sufficiently pleased. The Echo of Old Books by Barbara Davis spans the 1940s to the 1980s. The technology of those worlds is so different from today that we forget how differently life was lived until we are placed back in those settings. No social media, no internet, no Googling, no cell phones. Newspapers, books, telephones, and eventually micro phish.

There are layers of intrigue surrounding the uber-rich, pre-WWII antisemitism, psychiatry as a weapon against women (especially the act of having women committed to asylums), and societal shame surrounding children born out of wedlock. But my favorite parts are of course, the tragic romance threaded throughout both the books and the decades. The world seems to always have a problem with letting people who love one another be together, whether because they are the wrong nationalities, colors, classes, genders, ages, or religions. Add family rivalry, childhood loss, and war, and the chances of happily ever after go way down.

At least four generations are affected by the racism, classism, and evil perpetrated by several characters in this story. And the question of whether it is safe to open the heart, heal from the past, and give love a second chance, must be answered by multiple characters, each in their own time and place. Though the specifics of this tale are rooted in one family, the concept is universal. If people are unwilling to face truth, have the hard conversations, and find a safe home where they can be vulnerable, there can be no hope of reconciliation.

Davis, Barbara, the Echo of Old Books, Lake Union Publishing, 2023.

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A Court of Wings and Ruin (ACOTAR Book Review 3)

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All images created by Rebekah Marshall’s prompts using AI on Gencraft.com website.

WARNING – SPOILERS

A Court of Wings & Ruin, the 3rd book in the ACOTAR series, held its own in the cannon. It was not my favorite of the books but was a necessary middle step to Feyre righting her life and fully coming into her own. She must make more heartbreaking decisions to save herself, save those she loves, and end things once and for all with her past relationships that keep weighing her down.

I like that the book is messy, things don’t go as planned quite often, pivots must be made, and even immortal beings must repeatedly circle back to try to fix things over and over again. It feels very human, very relatable to not have everything be an easy win as these magnificent beings battle their way to try to save the world. There are gigantic beasts, ulterior motives, dark ancient magic, impossible choices, and unlikely alliances.

Elaine (Feyer’s sister) begins to come into her own as she wrestles with her powerful gifts in this book. And her lack of interest in the being to whom fate has declared her a mate is a fascinating twist. Nesta must figure out how to live in this world she hates, and grapple with why she is strangely drawn to Cassian. I love that her character is super cantankerous. She is not very likeable, and that makes her interesting. She doesn’t seem to care about being liked. Feyre and her mate keep our hearts pounding with their love. And Mor’s secrets about her love life are a perfectly revealing piece of the puzzle.

I must say that the deaths in this book had me sobbing. I will say no more about that, so I don’t ruin anything too grievous for anyone. I will simply say that the toll of war is well-depicted and heartbreakingly devastating.

Maas, Sarah J. A Court of Wings and Ruin. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017.

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💗 Choose Kind Words

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All images created by Rebekah Marshall’s prompts using AI on Gencraft.com website.

I choose words that honor the tenderness of being human — words that lift, soothe, and encourage the soul in every body, including mine, especially mine.

🌸 Why This Holds My Truth:

  • “I choose words…”
    ➤ I’m stepping into intentional language — not reactive or habitual, but chosen like prayer.
  • “…that honor the tenderness of being human”
    ➤ Reminds me (gently) that all bodies, all conditions, all stages of life deserve honor — not comparison or contempt.
  • “…lift, soothe, and encourage the soul…”
    ➤ This is what I want my words to do — to myself and to others: not push harder, not punish, but nourish.
  • “…in every body, including mine, especially mine.”
    ➤ This is the healing pivot. The part of me that easily loves and uplifts others must be turned inward — with extra gentleness, because this is the wound that most needs balm.

(I am doing the writing exercises in the back of the book You are a Badass at Making Money by Jen Sincero, and this topic was about saying kind words. I am also learning to trade futures, so the art is related to the charts we use to make the trades.)

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🌱 Asking for Help

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All images created by Rebekah Marshall’s prompts using AI on Gencraft.com website.

I grow faster when I ask for guidance — with open hands and an open heart, I welcome teachers, allies, and wisdom-bearers into my life, and I choose to surround myself with people who elevate the life I am creating.

💬 Why This Fits Me:

  • “I grow faster when I ask for guidance”
    ➤ Affirms that asking for help is not weakness, but a lever for acceleration.
  • “With open hands and an open heart”
    ➤ Conveys humility, vulnerability, and spiritual receptivity.
  • “I welcome teachers, allies, and wisdom-bearers”
    ➤ Broadens my support network — not just formal coaches, but inspired people across my path.
  • “Into my life”
    ➤ It’s intentional, not passive — I’m cultivating this.
  • “I choose to surround myself with people who elevate the life I am creating”
    ➤ I’m curating my social landscape to match my dream life, not my old limits.

(I am doing the writing exercises in the back of the book You are a Badass at Making Money by Jen Sincero, and this topic was about asking for help. I am also learning to trade futures, so the art is related to the charts we use to make the trades.)