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Holy spirit Br. Kenneth Chapman

2021 Scratch board
7 x 8 inch

and then, you might call it prayer

In a visit earlier in the year I asked He raised his arms and gestured as
Brother Chapman, now in residence he said, “I paint with my whole body.”
at St. Joseph’s Care Center in New He would need to be on his feet and

Rochelle, NY, how he spends his day. surround a canvas. “I can’t do that
He had previously explained that he was now. So, I sit here and sometimes close
no longer painting. He gifted me with a my eyes and suddenly I am filled with
white on black scratch board drawing colors and shapes, images, rather than
entitled Holy Spirit, executed in his words -- just as if I were still painting.
recliner. Sedentary art, he commented, I delight in all that comes. I guess you
does not really work for him. might call it prayer.”

Patrick Sean Moffett, CFC
January 2023