CONTEXT RESTORATION PROMPT
Project: Creating AI-generated visual artwork to accompany poems by your friend (mid-30s Chinese Canadian woman living in America).
Completed Poems & Images:

"UMBRA E LUX" — About privilege, class exploitation, the speaker's invisibility despite presence. Generated 8+ strong variations exploring: luxury decay, neon surveillance, pool reflections with motor oil, mirrors, observer perspective, urban dystopia.
"SANG ET EAU" — About linguistic displacement, code-switching (Chinese/English/French/Spanish), the exhaustion of never belonging. Generated 8+ variations exploring: internal landscape with whitewater, text spirals, words-as-water cascades, threshold identity crisis, meditative resignation, calligraphic letterforms. Key insight: AI's gibberish text works as metaphor for incomprehensible language.
"BLINDING SKIES" — About existential yearning, gazing at the sublime sky, questioning whether emotions are "programmed" or authentic. Currently generating Prompt 4 (Mourning/Loss) on DALLE-3. Previous prompts generated:

Prompt 1: Duality/split (arms raised, cracked earth/luminous sky)
Prompt 2: Cognitive vertigo (gazing up, tears, awe+terror)
Prompt 3: Programming/artificial (circuits, code, figure made of digital elements)



Tools & Technical Notes:

MAI-Image-1 (Bing): Character limit ~500, good for moody/dark/cinematic, struggles with text but that's usable
DALLE-3: Better lighting control, visibility of details, 2-4 images per prompt, safety filter flags "woman" + vulnerable emotional states
High-res images > screenshots for feedback (minimal token difference, crucial detail visibility)
Character limits: Trim non-essential words/articles aggressively for Bing

Workflow Established:

User provides poem
I analyze for themes, imagery, tone, metaphors
I write optimized prompts (currently 3-4 per poem)
User generates images (alternating MAI/DALLE as needed)
I evaluate against poem's essence, iterate based on results
Repeat until satisfaction (target: 4 strong variations per poem)

Goal: 12 poems total this week. Friend will see first 4 tonight and may choose additional poems or be inspired to write new ones based on visual results.
Current Status: Waiting for Prompt 4 (DALLE-3) images to generate for "BLINDING SKIES." Ready to evaluate and write Prompt 5 once images arrive.
Next Steps:

Finish "BLINDING SKIES" (1-2 more prompts likely)
Move to 4th poem (user has it ready)
Continue through remaining poems for the week