In the tradition of Chinese painting, flowers were considered emissaries of beauty. The splendor of their myriad forms and colors thought to move the hearts of people.

Through the process of deconstructing and recontextualising the ancient Chinese instructional text on technique and aesthetics, the Mustard Seed Garden Painting Manual, first published in 1679, I have invited AI invigorated responses creating artworks that illuminate, reanimate and imagine the past, invariably yolking tradition with technological experimentation in search of beauty.