A surreal, dreamlike desert landscape at twilight, inspired by Carlos Castaneda’s visionary journeys. The ground is cracked and dry, covered with luminous blue and violet dust, while ghostlike desert plants glow faintly in the fading light. On the horizon stands a towering, humanoid figure—part shadow, part shifting energy—its edges flickering and dissolving like heat haze. Its eyes glow with unnatural intensity, observing the viewer with a strange mixture of indifference and ancient knowing. The air vibrates with shifting light patterns, like refracted heat waves, and the sky is split between deep indigo and bright magenta streaks. In the foreground, a lone traveler stands frozen mid-step, their silhouette small and fragile against the immense scale of the being and the sky. The perspective is wide-angle and low, emphasizing both the vast emptiness of the desert and the overwhelming presence of the entity. – perspective: wide and low, lighting: ambient twilight with bioluminescent ground highlights, focus: energy distortions, emotional isolation, scale tension, mood: visionary encounter, altered reality, primal awe