Clay
I love this bust. I generally associate prayer with bowed heads. Yet this figure’s uplifted head, slightly inclined to one side, suggests a stretching heavenward, a reaching out for the divine. As far as I can tell, Alma John Knapp was a Jr. High art teacher in Ogden, Utah. I purchased this from a chiropractor in Ogden who grew up down the street from him. This sat on my dresser for a few months until I took it to work. So naturally, my 8-year-old daughter announced to her Sunday school class that I keep a life-sized sculpture of Jesus in our bedroom. I have had chances to explain, but frankly part of having a sense of humor is not messing with perfection.