re: day 3 song of the 5 day song challenge!!!

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

it's day 3 of the 5 day song challenge it's safe to say i'm kicking it's ass. haha. 

so, here's the 3rd song and video, and i don't really plan this out, it just comes together.

i woke up this morning at 5:30, made some tea and picked up a guitar and played this riff. it's an old one, i wrote it about 20 years ago, but it hasn't found a home yet. maybe now it has, it's kind of somber, kind of beautiful, kind of introspective and relaxing. when i added the video, i started dropping in travel stuff from across canada. being an artist/musician/author and filmmaker in a small town means you have to travel A LOT!!!

traveling takes it's toll, you miss loved ones, your home, your bed, and so on. but it is also awesome, and exciting, you meet new people, see new places, learn new things and it's good for the soul. it's a cruel catch 22. when you're on the road too long, you miss home and everything about it, but when you're home, after a few days you can start climbing the walls wanting to be back out on the road. perhaps they'll never reconcile themselves. haha, and i'm okay with that, i crave new adventures and stories, so i'm sure i'll never stop as long as i can. 

anyway, peace out, stay tuned for tomorrow's song and video!!

cheers,

cb

re: disgowski. viva.

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

i hope you are well, and life is treating you well.

everything is picking up nicely, and i'm stoked. but, you know, i wonder if i should have been an investment banker, made a hundred million, and then dedicated my life to anarchy and art. at least that way i would have had the cash to do it proper.

sigh.

it's sort of a gamble, what i'm doing, betting the show and everything in my life on the potential lie of success, instead of planning for it proper. sigh. but, i'm now on the path i've chosen, and at this point, all i can do is give'r.

as always, i'm going to continue to slog it out, and work on new art projects.

there are tricks up my sleeve, but i can't tell you anything. haha.

all the bets lovers,


cb

vancouver, bc, circa 1931?

so true.

re: photos

hello friends, fans, lovers, loved ones and the like,

guh, must have been going crazy last night, hence the previous post, my apologies, every now and then, you go crazy as an artist. it just happens. too much time in the mancave as i call it, and it'll make you nuts.

anywho, here's a series of photos i took over the past month, and i'm getting down to some new art, i needed a break i guess, just wasn't compelled or driven to do new art for some reason. needed to recharge? refocus? do other things? probably.

in the meantime, hope you dig it!

cb

My art up at TRU in the Brown building, library or whatever it's called.

Hurtin' for cash, thinking of sell these books i found while on the road

the leonard cohen one is a 1978 1st Edition hardcover i found in Regina, Sask!

the Vitalogy i found somewhere and it's from 1930! 

a hilarious read!

Tom Waits hanging tree.

Deer Trail, up a crazy steep hillside! 

My Daughter.

My daughter.

Old Snag, following a deer trail I shot this photo.

Peterson Creek Bridge, just before i ducked under to document the graffiti under there!

Deep breathing can save your life apparently?!

me with four pieces of art that were in Montreal....so stoked to have them back!!!

buy them! they are for sale!

and this just cracked me up, i don't know how many times i went through this shit in relationships.

never again! click on the photo to read it! hilarious!c

re: galiano island and G.I.F.T.S.

hello friends, fans, foe, and lovers,

been on galiano 8 days or so, and it's been fun, leaving in a few days, back to high desert country and some rest. we've got five film projects on the go, and it's been awesome and intense. the kids have been great, but i feel like a bit of a geezer! haha, and it just ain't all in your mind! it's your body, the aches and pains! running, jumping, climbing crazy locations and sets!

anyways, we were just chilling out last night to a huge bonfire and started playing with long exposure shots in total darkness with the flash going off randomly!

here's my epic photograph!

until next time,

my daughter, whom i miss very much when i'm on the road.

this is a couple years ago, and i've missed a lot being away.

until next time,

cb

cb

re: galiano island and G.I.F.T.S.

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

i'm down at Galiano Island right now, working at the Gulf Islands Film and Television School....it's my 3 year being here as a mentor and i love it and look forward to it every year. This place has a vibe, the island, the school, the people here, and it's not to be missed if you ever get the chance to get here, do it! What I do is mentor First Nations youth during their Aboriginal Film Intensive, which is 2 weeks every Fall, but I also believe they do a Summer course as well, you should totally check it out.

We're in the middle of scriptwriting right now, and will begin production today and for the next several days, and editing next week. It's great, the only distraction is the beauty of the island, which is immense.

Keep ya posted kiddies!


CB

looking west from galiano over towards saltspring island.

a cool sign for a gallery in galiano....

massive shrooms...

the compound at G.I.F.T.S.

interpretive dance at G.I.F.T.S.

the legendary Van at G.I.F.T.S. which i totally got

doing a Tokyo drift around a sweet corner....kidding....

the Bunkhouse

in the meantime kids, see you real soon!

re: time passes.........

galiano inspired new art i worked on........
the ultimate little hippy pad i'd love to live in.......

 

Here's some new art, i've been trying to load ALL week but couldn't find a computer to do it properly.....and the coolest house i'd love to live in.....i think i'm a bit of a hippy in that way, that i could live in a little cool shack like that and be totally happy........instead of paying the outrageous rent i pay right now for a place i'm never even at most of the time......anyways, there's also a couple photos of THE most amazing sunrise i have seen in a while, on the North end of Galiano Island, Dionisio Park......wow, words fail me......and i was there with some cool peeps......Tee Louttit, Deek Rodgers, Chuck Walkem, Julian Maree, and yours truly........the road is an amazing place, traveling, making art, films and writing, plus being able to collaborate with other great people is one of the main reasons why i take this open journey.......seeing incredible places, having great times, and living instead of existing........

until next time friends, foe, lovers, haters, and the like,

cb

re: sometimes it feels like..........

i was listening to a song by Tamara Nile last night as i was working on this artwork, it was from her "Cabin Song" EP, actually i was listening to the title track, and thinking about my own kids, they're all so small.....out of the five kids i've got, four are under the age of seven......and four are girls.......

i'm on the road all the time, it's been about two years solid now, well, i mean i get to go home for a week or two, but for the kind of art, or film, or music, or writing, that i do, i can only make a living on the road......and canada is so vast, so it entails a lot of traveling........i can't go back to construction work, i've been charting this course a long time, so i'm starting to realize, i want to start taking them on the road with me.......and i want to head over to europe to do my thing........just need some representation or as i tend to call it, i need "the door" to open, which is a metaphor for an opportunity, a chance encounter, a lead, or what have ye......and it'll happen, it does all the time, it's just a matter of being at the right place at the right time........

anyway, i'll get to see my kids soon enough, and for the first time in two years, i'll be home for halloween! woot! woo!! WOOO!!

oh, where i was going with the song i was listening to, "the cabin song" is that i'm starting to wonder what my kids will remember about me, or what they will say.......which means i've got to be home more or they've got to come on the road with me.......

well, until next time boys and girls, friends and foe, lovers and haters,

see ya!


cb