Shepherd In Sinai.

Hey —You’ve scanned the QR code and landed here, thank you. You didn’t have to, but I’m glad you did.Let me be straight with you: this piece didn’t start as some divine download. It started with survival. I was trying to figure out a way to make money — quickly — and 2D art looked clean, marketable, and most importantly, doable. I was a total beginner at Photoshop (still learning, to be honest), but I thought I’d try making something simple that also held meaning. Something that reminded people — and myself — of the creative power we all carry.The story of Moses and the burning bush came to mind. I thought, yeah — that’ll work.So I jumped in. Looked up trending styles, spent time on Pinterest, Etsy, YouTube — studying, trying, failing. At first, I was just aiming to make something “good enough.” Minimalist landscapes seemed forgiving. Less detail meant less pressure. But wow — I underestimated it. The results weren’t even close to what I saw in my mind. The frustration kicked in fast. And loud.The YouTube tutorials weren’t cutting it, and with every discarded version, the voices of doubt grew louder:“That’s too lofty a goal, mate.”
“There are actual artists doing this for a living. What business do you have in this space?”Yeah… impostor syndrome hit hard.But, in all that noise, I made a realisation somehow. I realised these voices were coming from a version of me who hadn’t yet embodied the state of a successful Shopify seller. A successful art store owner would see themselves as an artist. Period. That mental shift — from someone “trying” to be an artist to someone who already was — changed everything.

These were some of the different iterations before I got to the final piece before you.

From that new vantage point, I saw it: an artist might be inspired by others, sure, but they make their art their own. That realization was freeing. The need to replicate others pixel-for-pixel relaxed, and what emerged felt less like effort, and more like flow. And then… this piece was born.And the wild part, the Inception moment—
I only realised it after the piece was finished (whilst typing this letter actually), but the very process of making this piece mirrored the message within it.I was the shepherd — witnessing the burning bush.
I was bearing witness to my own divine name — Yod-He-Vav-He.
Together with Yod-He-Vav-Shin-Ayin (which I’ll explore in another series — keep an eye out), these make up what I see as the blueprints of manifestation in this reality.
These interpretations were influenced by Neville Goddard’s teachings, and they ring true for me:Yod: The spark. The desire. The hand that initiates.He: The window. The capacity to perceive something greater.Vav: The nail. The act of feeling your imagined reality into being.He (again): The final witnessing — when what was imagined becomes real.Looking back, that’s exactly what unfolded.
The desire to become more than I was — maybe to be financially free — led me to see through the eyes of someone greater than I believed myself to be at the time. The eyes of a successful artist. An entrepreneur. Feeling that for even a few moments anchored something deep within me.
I stayed true to the path long enough to witness the fruit of that decision: this piece.And the fact that you’re reading this now? I consider that a successful manifestation.I now bear witness to the flaming truth — in the barren deserts of doubt and imposter syndrome —
that I am indeed the creator of my own reality.And because you’re here, reading this, I trust that you’re on a similar path.Or maybe you’ve come to the same realization, too.Whatever the case is, may this piece remind you of your sovereignty — even at a glance.And may you always imagine and create better than the best you know.With love, and in full faith,
— NK