this is a sight used to showcase aboriginal, indigenous art, music, writing, film, instructional videos, experimental videos, art, writing and more. i'm a filmmaker, musician, author, artist and dad in a small town making videos for the world and to share some knowledge, skills and have fun.
i worked on this for awhile, and really like it, of course, art is a like a live performance, a live gig, where if you think it's the best gig you've ever played, people will think it sucked, and if it's the worst gig, people always seem to come and say the gig totally rocked.
either way, i don't care.
it's nice to be back in the loops.........albeit, even if i'm starting to feel a bit lonely......ha ha!!
until next time friends, fans, lovers, haters, skeptics and the like......
i love magic, the mysteries of the cosmos, and the lies we are sold and told on a daily basis......
recently i was in toronto for some gigs, and the G20 summit happened to be going on at the exact same time......and i met a girl who told me about the position of the moon and the geometric grids they were to have the meetings and how she planned to counter it with peaceful protests at another powerful place.....
it was all very interesting, and she told me more stuff, but i can't tell you......so i made some art about it.....
also, on another note, i had my kids over the weekend, and realized how much easier it would be to raise them with a partner, as my sister and a friend were over, and they had their kids, so it was a totally crazy NDN house, complete with screaming kids! ha ha! so fun! but, it was so much easier to get things done with the girls there helping and visiting! i'm not interested in getting into a relationship, but having a balanced house was nice.......
anyways, live and learn, and that's all we can do for now!
yep, death, it's everywhere......and i am my own fires, whatever that means........just something i thought about while i was working on this piece.........and i wouldn't be here without the help of a lot of people.....
i definitely love them and thank them for helping so much......
i'm back home in the loops, off the road, been gone for 8 days or so, and am not bored yet, but been cleaning as my house was a mess before i left.....just found out paul gray is dead, what a bummer, he was only a couple years younger than me......hard living leaves a messy end.......reminding me to slow down too.......and when i'm finally home, i just wanna hang out with my kids, i don't really go out, and don't really hang out with anyone.....which is weird.....i guess.....a friend of mine is also an artist, and he loves the spotlight 24/7.......i could care less.......when i'm on a stage or in front of a crowd doing my thing then it's great, but when i'm done, i just wanna chill out......i kinda worried that i'll end up the same way, ha ha someone will find my stinking bloated corpse after i don't respond to calls for a couple weeks.....but that ain't gonna happen anytime soon.....i'm gonna record a brand new album in toronto in a couple months and tour behind that hopefully.....and i wanna show my kids a decent life, mine was kinda hellish, so i don't check out too soon on them.....
in the meantime, i'll be sad another great musician has shit the bed.......and keep on keepin' on, coz that's all there is to do around here......and i'll start posting new art very soon, been working on a few things.....
and check out the faces in this shot i took somewhere in alberta, it looks like the profile of an indian dude.......and a monster.......weird.......
then there are some airport shots, places i seem to spend a lot of time, and sky bars....ha ha!! in pearson airport i met a corporate headhunter while sitting enjoying a pint, he told me he was going to the UK for ten days, to get out of toronto during the G20......
well, until next time, see you later!
cb
and check out the weird spaceship looking cloud amidst all the soft, hazy looking clouds, i also something in the clouds that looked like a dragon......totally tripped me out......
there's something about chinatown, especially the one in toronto....ahh, montreal too, it's so humid, everyone is drenched in sweat, it pours down your back, your forehead, it just is relentless.....i always feel like a colonial swine, hunting for a bargain, usually have a summer hat on, and the stores are soooo packed with stuff its hard to turn around, even breathe sometimes.......
i just saw my first protest of the G20 summit here in toronto, about a thousand protesters, followed by a hundred or so cops......on bikes!!!
add to it the world cup soccer madness and this city feels like it's ready to blow.....the people of toronto are pissed about the heavy police presence, hell, even in kensington market, we were sitting on a patio having a couple refreshing bevvies when squad upon squad of cycling and walking police marched through, and everyone heckled them, shouting things like, "i have no i.d." or "i'm underage!" and stuff like that, it was pretty funny........anyways, i'm glad i'm getting out of here....!!!
i love toronto, it's a great city, i have no problem meeting people or making new friends, but i gotta say, this is one dirty city......for the first i've seen here, the city has taken to duct taping clear plastic garbage bags all over downtown, from bloor to yonge, queen to spadina, you'll see these bags taped to light posts or anywhere they can.....it looks cheesy, but i guess you gotta make do right? anyways, i've never seen a canadian city so dirty! garbage everywhere, and the stench with the humidity, it's just killler!! as fun as it's been, i can't wait to get home to desert country........
i've seen a lotta cool things this trip, saw some cool galleries, a lot cool street art, and met some awesome people, like tannis nielson, eva and jeffrey, and finally met the Legendary Duke Redbird!!! i also coulda met first nations film icon, Alanis Obamsawin but was too chicken to go up and introduce myself! lol!!
next time i figure!! ha ha!!
in the meantime, i'm eating my breakfast, and saying goodbye to toronto for now......i'll be back!
until next time lovers, haters, fans, freaks, and so on.......
i've had a blast in toronto and hamilton, ontario.....i can't wait to come back! the readings were great, the city was amazing, and the times were excellent!
so, i'm in toronto, and i'm reading at a couple different places, at the Native Arts Festival, 16 Spadina Ave, with Lee Maracle, Cherie Dimaline and more i'm sure......it's pretty rad to be here, the weather is amazing, and i can't wait to check this city out again!
in the meantime, here's a shot of the flight leaving kelowna......i love flying, it's totally amazing.....
says the "Jesus Coyote Traveling Art and Healing Show" begins tonight at Alternator Gallery in Kelowna, BC, and goes through until July 31st! Come one, Come all, and feel the healing power of Jesus Coyote as he howls through your veins!!!!! Opening party starts at 7 pm tonight!!!!
i've had three days with my kids, and then i won't see them again for two weeks as i have to hit the road again to make some cash......after i dropped them off i went for a walk and took some photographs of the city where i live......it's funny, because no matter how hard i try to just take a straight up photo of something, i always have to "tweak" it and do something to it......so here's a couple examples of my photographic experiments in trying to take a scene of the city where i live......nice and tripped out......but i also think it captures the sort of fire/turmoil/emptiness i feel after i drop the kids off......it's like my house is silent all of a sudden, the dust settles and a strange quiet envelopes me like a cocoon and i struggle to pick myself up off the floor to get things moving......the wind gets kicked out of me i guess.....
hence the walk i took last night and to take a few photographs and think about my next moves and ideas creatively........i'll be in toronto next week, which should be fun, always have a good time there, and i'll be putting up my show at Alternator Gallery in Kelowna, BC over the next few days.......lots to do.......see you on the frontlines......
i must be getting old, or something. but i really dig the music of seasick steve, and not coz he reminds me of the guy who does my tattoos, but coz i think he really hits me with his cool, brand of old school blues.......
he even uses a diddely bo! a one string instrument like a guitar, but cheap and made from found objects!
anyways, i've been home a while, which is weird, but nice kinda, it just means less cash! ha ha!
in between wrapping up projects, starting new ones......i thought about hanging it all up and just get a joe job......but i know i wouldn't last long and i'd be gagging and gouging my eyes out for freedom, and that's what i've got for now........and it's worth more than anything else at the moment........
anyway, here's a series of images that i love, informed, obsessed, been proud of, not so proud of, and just plain weird, and things i dig at the moment....
jayda bose i love you
me being interviewed for an Open Learning Course, oh my god, i'm being absorbed into mainstreamness.......or is it finally coming around to my world?!?
until next time friends, foe, lovers, stalkers, fans, and the like, see you real soon!
and thanks for tuning in!
