re: the Nlaka`pamux and the Nkempci`n of spences bridge..

Hello Lovers,

I am learning more about my people and where i am from on my mothers side of the family, who are from Spences Bridge, BC. Check out this old photos. 

until next time,

Chris Bose. 

The chief`s head mountain

Before the landslide which was in 1913?

3rd bridge in Spenceès Bridge, BC?

This bluff is across from our land.

still there, a little smaller. 

5 men looking bad ass traditional style

my great great grand pa John Tetlinitsa

is second from the left. 

I can`t remember the name of this boy, i`ll find it and post later!

Nlaka`pamux facial tattoos or painting. 

The owl dreams bring success to a hunter under it`s wings. 

lighting rolls and the running man. 

Unknown real old photo of North side of Spence`s Bridge, or

Nkemtci`n. 

Some of our face tattoos

My great great grand pappy

John Tetlinitsa from Spatzum

re: 1001 posts

hello friends, family, ex's, lovers and fans,

hope all is well in your world, i'm doing alright in mine. just painted a bunch of murals across canada, starting in montreal at a 'decolonizing street art,' festival, the 1st year, then i was in prince albert, saskatchewan where the indigenous people's artist collective commissioned me to paint a large mural for their 2 story cafe festival. i also did a book launch there for my new book, 'a moon made of copper,' then i went to vancouver and victoria for art, book launch and a gig with "the monster project," the band for the grunt gallery's 30 anniversary party. things didn't go as planned, but i still had fun in vancouver. then i was in boundary country where i ended my little mural tour across canada and had a lot of fun and met a lot of great people.

so, for now, here's a few photos from the boundary country mural i did with the grade 11/12 class, and something for you to check out. as well as some graff i did here in kamloops at a local high school with my bro KAST. it's nice to be able to finally paint stuff legally and have fun, while bringing art to the streets and the students. opening minds and ideas to street art, proving it can be fun, safe and non-gang related. i'm going to breathe some life back to my blog and start posting again.  been through a lot the past year or two, and was burnt out and tired, but i'm finally feeling good. taking a bit of a break from the art world has been great. the band i'm in, "the monster project," is exciting and fun, mixing heavy guitars, atmospheric guitars and with dj beats and live visuals by Deano Hunt and Bracken Hanuse Corlett respectively.

well, we'll talk more soon and i hope you come back and keep checking out the blog and art, and adventures!

cheers,

cb

the concept sketch

the concept sketched in on the wall

the tarp to protect us

and the mural from the elements.

first gig with scaffolding

putting the kids to work!

get'r done!

painting.

ladder painters

the art teacher was 6 foot 9

we used kobra cans

for the waves

but ran out.

and ordered more

they arrived on the final day

of painting.

whew.

the finished mural!

took 8 days, at about 10 - 12 hours or so

in total. 

re: what i did last summer.......

hello lovers,

last summer, while working on the "crawling, weeping, betting," project in vancouver, my friend david let me crash at his apartment downtown vancouver. it was awesome. shenanigans ensued for sure. but i also took my kids down for a week, we left kamloops on canada day, the temperature was hitting 41 celcius and i thought it was the perfect time to get the hell out of town. 

so we went to vancouver, where it was a balmy 26 celcius, and it was so trying, so fun, and so exhausting. i would need a nanny to help me do that again. i learned my limitations as a parent on that trip. haha. we also discovered it was cheaper to catch a cab from english bay to helmecken. $7.50, the bus, $11.00. plus hot, packed like sardines, sweaty, gross and some real sketchy people. what do you think we did? especially after a long day wandering around exploring the city with kids? 

but we had a great time and they got to see some cool things, soak up the vibe of the big city, the homeless, the crowded bus #23 or was it #21? as well as a boat ride, playing on the beach at english bay, playing in a rooftop garden, and generally running around downtown vancouver just being kids and having fun. it cost a small fortune to feed them, but it was worth it. i hope some good memories were created for them on that trip. 

this seems like a travel blog right now, but that's what happens when you travel a lot. we'll get back to art soon enough. plus, this is good for me to revisit all these good and crazy times. it was weird to be in vancouver at such dizzying highs last year, compared to such crushing lows when i was a kid, wandering the streets aimlessly, lost, hungry and almost another lost street kid. another statistic. what saved me and pulled me off the streets was my cousin jackie. she brought me to her apartment on davie street. gave me a guitar and a sense of purpose. it hasn't stopped since i was 16 and life has taken me around the world and across canada and the united states way too many times to count and sometimes remember. sometimes when you follow your path, the one you know you need to follow, against all odds and bullshit, you might just make it. 

and if you don't at least you tried. there's plenty of time to join the drones and dig yourself a happy or miserable little rut like the rest, but for now, keep givn'r. 

looking back on all these photos makes me smile. i wouldn't be where i am without the help of a lot of people. you know who you are, and thank you! and thanks david for letting us crash at your place! it was kick ass!

cheers,

chris bose. 

my daughter on the little boat in false creek

my son in english bay

my youngest monkey playing 

in the elevator. 

they handled the change

really well. the city didn't really phase them.

haha. 

"what do you think all these people are doing daddy?"

i don't know honey. i don't know.

re: clouds and the city.......

hello lovers,

i bring you some cloud porn. i love the blue skies and clouds. hopefully you will get off as much as i do with these photos. haha. 

and then some flicks from last summer in vancouver, at english bay with my kids and then one of those little boat tours in vancouver that takes you to granville island. i don't post a lot of photos of my kids because of personal and privacy reasons. 

i could live in vancouver, but it'd have to be downtown and i'd have to be a millionaire. that city is fun, but expensive. 

there you go,

cb