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Name: Bruce
Gender: Male
Interests: Old movies; promoting small groups in churches; doing creative, wacky things for and with my kids; writing; speaking in elementary schools; drawing for kids anywhere in the world God might lead me
Expertise: Old movies; illustrating; leading small group Bible-studies; writing for kids; public speaking; creativity. It's all about the ideas, man.
Occupation: Illustrator, Author, Speaker.
Industry: Books, art, public speaking
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Member Since:
8/2/2004
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| I usually post samples of my own creativity, but my appreciation today goes out to this unnamed housekeeper in this week's hotel who created this, which was waiting on my bed. Is it a toweldog? Towelpig? Have you ever seen this before? It's a first for me. Wonderful. 
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| I have seen Tintin, the movie, and it was quite an event. First, I have virtually all of the books -- really, a kind of precursor to the graphic novel. I was given my first, in hardback, around the age of seven or eight. Not only did I love the books, but I've read them aloud to my kids. The combination of cool adventure with physical humor -- bordering in slapstick -- has influenced my own art deeply.
This is just a sampling of my collection.
So, it was a perfect plan to take my grown kids, as well as my 11-year-old daughter -- who loves the books despite the complete absence of any decent female character -- to see the film on the day before Christmas. We had the movie theater to ourselves, so we were able to talk to each other through the film, celebrating the insider touches.
It's not a perfect film, and honestly, the realistic rendering of the characters was a bit jarring after a lifetime of seeing them as two-dimensional, carefully crafted drawings. But I'm quibbling. It was as much a celebration of our family traditions as it was of the stories.
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| I have had a long tradition of doing surprising, creative things on Christmas morning for my family. This year, I "scribed" the opening of presents, which had been piled onto a similar decorated paper on the floor. You can see this below -- the before and after shots.
  
It was fun to have all day to complete this, as well as to show my family what I do in all those corporate events I've been leaving home to do. Another memorable Christmas morning.
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As I'm working today on this year's Christmas creative effort, I thought I'd make my last post of past yuletides. This is a note I wrote for one (with my left hand) and posted prominently on the TV in the living room, where there were no presents out. My plan was that the two boys, 6 and 8, would race down, be stumped over the missing presents, find the note, then start a scavenger hunt. But that's not how it played out.
So, there I was, waiting at the base of the stairs, video cam running. Down they trotted. When they got to the bottom, they raced over to the tree. I said, "Hey guys, where are all the presents?" They replied, "Just a minute, Dad, we want to get what we bought for each other!" They were so eager to give to each other, they hadn't even noticed the missing piles! I couldn't believe it!
In the end, we had a fun time on our scavenger hunt, but I'll never forget the gift they gave to me that morning -- two kids with a real understanding of the spirit of the holiday. | | |
| More holiday art from my past. I drew this for a Christmas card for our family when our oldest two boys were little and we had visited Williamsburg and were quite taken with all the colonial decorating.
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