A good number of people attended our online Lent group this year. We looked at Sr. Wendy Becket’s book on prayer over five sessions, and discussed some of its insights. Sr. Wendy is a well-known authorty on art, and one member of our group, Anne Kozlowski-Hunt (herself a local artist) has writen about her experience of the group, and very kindly included one of her own paintings on prayer.
She says,
‘It has been very enjoyable to attend the zoom Lent meetings as we went through and discussed Sister Wendy’s book on prayer. It comes with no surprise when she uses art to express some of her thoughts of what the act of prayer is and could be about. This act of prayer has no clear lines and is not black and white, and so we can interpretate prayer and of course art in many ways. Some see paintings and believe they understand what the artist is portraying and others are confused and need to walk away rather than respond to it. Thus the feelings a person has of a painting brings about different responses as does the act of prayer. This peice of work on paper I produced using oil sticks shows the act of prayer but not the way to pray but, prehaps I hope shows the need to pray which can bring light, colour and strength to our lives.‘
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