Dystopian art of a Black woman reaching for a seedling on cracked earth, with glowing figures and ruined city under a stormy sky.

A dystopian landscape in the near future, with a crumbling city in the background, burned houses, and a dry, cracked earth showing environmental collapse. In the foreground stands Lauren Olamina, a young Black woman with determined eyes, carrying a backpack and supplies. She holds out her hand toward a small green seedling sprouting from the cracked ground, symbolizing Earthseed and hope for the future. Around her, faint glowing outlines of human figures show her hyperempathy—she feels both their pain and their strength. The atmosphere is harsh and dangerous, but the central focus is on resilience, imagination, and the idea that “God is Change.” The image should balance despair (poverty, violence, breakdown) with hope (new growth, light breaking through clouds), emphasizing survival through mental strength and vision. See more