Body and Soul: Hand in Hand

The Art of Thom Buttner

Prayer can be many things. For me…

Prayer is

the Art I make

like pouring myself into a vessel,

allowing light to flow through my hands

from my heart to another’s.

Prayer is

the act of creating

the best work I know

as an offering

to our creator.

This group of four sculptures, which I have titled Body and Soul: Hand in Hand, was two years in the making. Four 1,200-pound logs and a vision for what they might become. Each one a secret coming from some shadow of my soul, a secret even from myself. Pure joy was the process for me… A thousand small creative choices, helping each piece speak his quiet prose in its most pure and enduring form. Each choice intuitive and filled with hope and power. The power to speak, to evoke from my soul – my innermost. ~Thom Buttner