Scripture
â€â€Ezekiel‬ â€37‬:â€16‬-â€23‬ â€(ESV‬‬)
"Son of man, take a stick and write on it, ‘For Judah, and the people of Israel associated with him’; then take another stick and write on it, ‘For Joseph (the stick of Ephraim) and all the house of Israel associated with him.’ And join them one to another into one stick, that they may become one in your hand. And when your people say to you, ‘Will you not tell us what you mean by these?’ say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am about to take the stick of Joseph (that is in the hand of Ephraim) and the tribes of Israel associated with him. And I will join with it the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, that they may be one in my hand. When the sticks on which you write are in your hand before their eyes, then say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will take the people of Israel from the nations among which they have gone, and will gather them from all around, and bring them to their own land. And I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel. And one king shall be king over them all, and they shall be no longer two nations, and no longer divided into two kingdoms. They shall not defile themselves anymore with their idols and their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions. But I will save them from all the backslidings in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God."
AI Prompt
A close-up image of two sticks lashed together with a thin leather band, ensuring only two sticks are depicted. The focus is on the point where the two sticks intersect and the leather band wraps around them, securing them together. The texture of the sticks and the leather band should be detailed, emphasizing the natural qualities of the wood and the leather. The lighting highlights the textures and the functionality of the lashing, capturing the rustic and practical nature of the object. The background is blurred or neutral to maintain focus on the lashed sticks and the craftsmanship involved.
Process/Reflection
As simple of an image as this is, it gave me all sorts of AI logic issues. As I've noted before, AI struggles with enumerated quantities. Prompt it to produce an image of two sticks and you're just as likely to get three, four, or even an entire bundle of sticks. The other issue was the leather strap banding the sticks together. AI had problems making the sticks congruous on both sides of the strap. Some of the images looked like a weird magic trick. Finally got what I wanted and just touched up a couple of details in Photoshop.