Lucid Life (Marama Ora in Tahitian) is a practice-based research project, which brings together scientific and traditional knowledge, to explore interspecies and intercultural collaboration on the island of Mo’orea, French Polynesia. Living materials’ ability to grow, adapt, and heal has been used symbiotically by humans for thousands of years, however, they are now replaced by the more reliable and repeatable inert materials which dominate our day to day lives. This project sought to explore how biodesign could be used to create a bridge between indigenous and scientific communities, and combine their deep understandings of nature. Using bioluminescent algae, similar to those in symbioisis with corals, a contemporary living material was developed. This ethereal material emits light in response to touch. The micro-organisms are encapsulated in a way which allows them to live, sequester carbon, and emit light for at least six months; needing only sunlight in return. In collaboration with three different Polynesian artisans, who have a deep understanding of the symbiotic relationships in the reefs around their islands, a series of artifacts were co-created using the bioluminescent living material. A drum, a swimsuit, and a necklace were made; combining local materials and practices, with the bioluminescent material. Each of these objects was found to create awe-inspiring and transcendent experiences, inspiring those who experience them to live more symbiotically with other cultures and species. With living materials, similar to Polynesian traditional knowledge which exists only in living memory, there is a risk that it may die. However it is this fragility that allows it to adapt, react, and interact – and is what makes this temporal state of livingness so beautiful.