Scripture
â€â€Ezekiel‬ â€36‬:â€22‬, â€25‬-â€26‬ (â€ESV)‬‬
"Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations to which you came….I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh."
AI Prompt
A hyper-real image of a statue of a man, clothed in a classical style, with rain falling on it and a warm glow emanating from inside the chest without any opening. The statue, styled in a traditional classical manner, features detailed and realistic drapery. Rain is depicted falling onto the statue, adding a sense of realism and dynamism to the scene. The warm glow from inside the statue's chest suggests a spiritual or mystical transformation occurring within. The glow contrasts with the classical and realistic style of the statue, creating a striking and thought-provoking image. The background should be simple to keep the focus on the detailed statue, the rain, and the internal glowing chest.
Process/Reflection
This is probably one of my favorite AI creations so far. I began the process by simply prompting AI to generate images of a stone heart turning to flesh as a result of having water poured on it. Those results were kind of wild. At some point, I shifted my concept to the idea of a statue in the rain that was coming alive. The problem was that AI was interpreting my prompt as a multi-stage transformation involving multiple figures (kind of like the "evolution of man" illustrations that you sometimes see). So I had to drop the word "transformation" and prompt AI to represent it by a "warm glow" that was visible within the torso of the statue. Initially, AI rendered this on a Buddha statue, then on a statue of a cowboy, and then gave me an image that looked a lot like Iron Man. But somehow, I finally got the image I was wanting. Sometimes working with AI is a little like pulling the handle of a slot machine and hoping that you hit a jackpot before you run out of quarters.