A shared table overlooking a luminous world, with one open chair and a heart constellation in the night sky.

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The Strange But True licence supports public reading, learning and allowed non-commercial adaptation with credit, while reserving commercial and organisational use for written permission.

Original generative artwork · 2026

Strange But True public source licence

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The Desire Atlas is public source rather than open source. Personal, educational, artistic, research, community and other allowed non-commercial uses can adapt the work with clear credit. Commercial use and use for an institution, government, company, startup, agency, client or employer require written permission from Luke Nathan Hayes.

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Original generative artwork

Five cinematic worlds, one visual language.

The original hero images connect adult explorers, reader gatherings, publishing pathways, world geography and future relationships in one bold visual system. The prompt record and file map are published in the repository.

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