Paper Jesus
28" x 52"
acrylic on canvas
Private collection
After he heard that
Christ died for our failures,
a cognitively disabled boy
creates a paper Jesus.
The prominent Xs and zeroes
on the figure represent his teacher's marks at school: Xs transform into a crown of thorns, and zeroes form nail holes in Jesus' limbs.
In faith, he reflects on Jesus' empathy, as peaceful blues surround him. But where is Christ's real body, the church? Many Christians unjustly ignore, accuse, or even persecute souls with invisible disabilities; refusing to acknowledge the physical reality of neurological disorders. In ignorance, they abandon Jesus' work of love; their duty to comfort, help and accept.
on the figure represent his teacher's marks at school: Xs transform into a crown of thorns, and zeroes form nail holes in Jesus' limbs.
In faith, he reflects on Jesus' empathy, as peaceful blues surround him. But where is Christ's real body, the church? Many Christians unjustly ignore, accuse, or even persecute souls with invisible disabilities; refusing to acknowledge the physical reality of neurological disorders. In ignorance, they abandon Jesus' work of love; their duty to comfort, help and accept.
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