Episode #246 The Art of Healing with Keenan Chapman

The Homecoming Podcast with Dr. Thema

Dr. Thema

Health & Fitness

4.9 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Visual artist, Keenan Chapman, joins us for an inspiring and heartfelt conversation about the role of art in healing his heart in the aftermath of his father's death. He shares the importance of receiving both talk therapy and opportunities for artistic expression. He has continued to use the arts and his creativity to give voice to his experiences and reflection

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0:00.0	Welcome
0:07.0	Welcome home, cojourners. I'm glad you're here for a lot, I've been told, I still am.
0:15.0	Yes, it may seem a bit bold.
0:19.0	Welcome home, cojourners. I'm glad you're here for another episode. I'm Dr. Tama, licensed psychologist, ordained minister and sacred artists, here to help facilitate your journey back home to yourself. And I am so excited for our guest on today and the fact that he is in the studio. We are being joined by
0:38.8	visual artist Keenan Chapman. Welcome, Keenan. Thank you. Thank you. I'm grateful to be here.
0:43.9	Yay. Thank you for having me. Let me tell our co-journers more about you. Keenan is born in L.A.
0:51.6	He's a self-taught artist working with a range of creative mediums, such as oil
0:57.0	and acrylics, digital art, murals, which are amazing, tattoos, special effects makeup, and writing.
1:05.5	He has worked with a number of celebrities, and in 2019, he was given an opportunity to paint a mural
1:12.5	of CW's All-American that featured a memorial episode for late rapper and friend Nipsey Hustle.
1:20.7	He also painted the lead marketing campaign for season three. These experiences cultivated relationships with many people,
1:29.8	including director Rob Hardy, who introduced him to the Amazing Stories Foundation as a path
1:36.4	into the television and film industry. Since completion of the program, he has worked as a scenic
1:41.9	painter on projects such as Gotham Knights, Disney's
1:45.9	kindred, found, love found, Tulsa Kings, and Fight Night to name a few. And we are honored
1:53.8	that even though you are, have moved away to Atlanta, that you come back in town to L.A.
2:00.0	And are able to join us in person in the studio. I'll be here. I'm a fan. The work that you come back in town to L.A. and are able to join us in person in the studio.
2:03.1	I'll be here. I'm a fan and the work that you do, and I appreciate you know, the, you're reaching
2:07.4	out in the service that you are to the communities. Thank you so much. So glad for us to be able to
2:12.5	connect in person. And we often start with a poem and then we'll get into your journey and your story.
2:19.4	Okay.
2:19.4	So this is an excerpt from Margaret Walker's piece called For My People.
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