When I draw someone on Monday Diary, it may not look the person at all. It has to do more with my impression of someone. Fr. Pfeiffer was pointing this out one day . . .
And by golly, I looked at him and realized that he really DIDN'T have blonde hair. Nobody was more surprised than me. But my impression of his is that he is a blonde and so I draw him as such.
So the other day I was at a gathering of priests at which Fr. Louis Thomas from St Francis de Sales was present. He said that he looked forward to the day that he would be drawn on Monday Diary but added, "I bet you can't draw me without being at least mildly offensive to somebody."
Today I take him up on his challenge in invite him on board to the Adam's Ale Monday Diary Calvacade of Characters!
Fr. Thomas is a great guy, terrible card player, and has a twin brother that I have mistaken for him on a number of occasions.
But it must be remembered that I do not draw people as they appear in everyday life. It is something about them that sticks out in my mind - some significant tidbit that forms the whole character much of which is completely fabricated.
The thing that really sticks out to me about Fr. Thomas is that he rides a motorcycle and so I think that I will probably end up drawing you . . .
10 comments:
Fr. Thomas cannot possibly be offended by your drawing of him!
Why does Fr. Bline wear a yarmulke (or a beanie?) Or am I imagining it?
God bless from Sue
Ha! That's his impeccable hair!
It is so funny because it is so true.
Fr. Thomas never looked better.
You have Fr. Bline down to a T.
I am going to forward this blog to Bishop Lennon. He needs a good laugh.
My favorite is your 'impression' of the office manager! I'm going to have to ask her what she thinks about the beehive!!!
My favorite is your 'impression' of the office manager! I'm going to have to ask her what she thinks about the beehive!!!
HA! I love it!
I've actually gone around wearing my helmet on Funny Hat Day during Catholic Schools Week. It also happened to be the day I was going to take a pie in the eye as a fundraiser. Funny how that coincidentally worked out.
" . . . I do not draw people as they appear in everyday life. It is something about them that sticks out in my mind - some significant tidbit that forms the whole character much of which is completely fabricated. . . ."
One might be tempted to wonder what significant tidbit about Fr. V. sticks out in Fr. V's mind as he draws himself.
Baldness
Ha ha! My 9 year old daughter asked the same thing about Fr. Bline's hair. I think it looks like Peppermint Patty. Ha ha!
Ha! On day, while dropping off my kid at PSR, my perpetual memory of Fr. Thomas was burned into my brain. While walking across the grounds of St. FdS, Fr. T. was dictating text messages to his iPhone.
Now I imagine him as the ultimate multitasker, doing that while riding a motorcycle.
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