Hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

here are the past week's unusual images i've found scouring the internet doing research for my work. 

check out the wolf below, easily the biggest i've ever seen, and would have been terrified hunting that one down. imagine if your gun jammed? dead. 

my friend grant hartley's latest bike project. 

brilliant isn't he?

i love graffiti and street art.

here's some of my old stuff.

dig the urban coyote trippin' in front of it!

SO, i'm also really into a new show called is "Game of THrones." some friends of mine came over for a few days, and we had a "game of thrones: season 1" marathon......it is such a good series. as well, i been watching "Master and Commander: Far Side of the World." which is waaaay better than i thought it would be. the people who made that film did their research and homework. 2 great entertainment finds in one week! 

as well, i've been watching the "Ali G Show" and holy crap, it's a funny show, i haven't seen it for awhile, so it's crude, funny and unbelievable. My favourite stuff is when he goes to the deep southern les Etats Unis, and we see the "proper and formal" side of racism and propriety of america. 

one other great find i had this past week, is the book by Shaun Tan, "Lost and Found."

it is a beautifully illustrated book of three short stories. i highly recommend it. the anecdote i have regarding it, is i saw it before christmas this past year, and in one of those foolish moments, put it back, and didn't purchase it. i also didn't write down the author or book title. after the holidays, a couple weeks later, i went back to find the book, and it was of course, gone.

i searched high and low, and could not find it. it was a bummer. i gave up. 

then, this past weekend, i was at the bookstore again with my kids, and checked the place where it was, and lo and behold, the book was there. i bought it. brought it home, read it, and loved it.

it's in the kids books section of bookstores, but it's totally meant for adults. it's content is deep and cerebral. check it out, you will likely dig it.

so, lovers, in the meantime, take care, and stay tuned for more art/film/music/poems.

deal?

hope you are well, all the best,

cb

Dear friends, fans, foe and lovers,

here's a card, i'm working on a deck, it'll be a long haul project. ace of spades "jesus coyote" style. i reckon a character, especially a hybrid character like "jesus coyote" would be a gambler, a bit of a carouser, and a bit dangerous. being a messiah and a trickster would do that to you. so, it only seems natural he'd have his own deck of cards for games of chance! haha!

i'll be posting them time to time throughout 2012. it's challenging maintaining focus and drive, it's the end of a tough year, and i want it to end quickly. sorting through things, next year will kick ass come hell or high water.

well, i gotta go, more art to do, i sort of feel i'm cheating if i don't bust my ass all day, every day doing art since i sacrificed everything to get here. be careful what you wish for kids, coz sometimes when you get it, you realize what you gave to get there.

big hugs,


cb
ps: still feeling sick from pneumonia, it really kicked my ass. part of the downtime, i'm watching lots of movies. i need to be inspired. one of the films i'm watching is bruce mcdonald's classic "hard core logo," and it's one of my faves. i love the scene when they all drop acid at bucky haight's place, trip balls and sacrifice a goat. epic! makes me laugh out loud every time. i love it, pipefitter the next day "i killed a fcuking goat!?" with this bewildered look in his eye, followed by billy talent saying to him, "pipe, we all drank it's blood!" haha, solid acting, production and directing.

I can't wait to see Hard Core Logo II woot!

in the meantime lovers, take care, the holiday season is upon, and i'm already apologizing for things i'll say and do over them....haha....

Oh yeah, i'm working getting my art onto skateboards, check it out!

will also be posting those randomly next year. 

Until next time lovers,

cb

re: jesus coyote......returns........

Greetings friends, fans, foe and lovers,

how goes it in your world? i've been sick as hell, went to the emergency room last thursday, difficulty breathing, blah blah. turns out i've got pneumonia, they did x-rays, the doctor showed me where the gross stuff was accumulating in my lungs. Been on anti-biotics since, and tripped out hard on this stuff called "emtec" which was totally wicked. I spent the past 4 days in a weird limbo state, catatonic, brutal stuff. 

Anyways, i managed to crank this one "Jesus Coyote" image, and am surprised at howmuch i got done even though i was sick. hell, i worked until last monday. did a poetry reading last wednesday. i'm bored as hell, but weak right now, hard to move and walk around much without running out of breath. you know, i need to get outta here, in some ways, an escape. i dunno. got work next week, make some cash, get ready for the holidays. i dunno, i'm bored in this town, i feel i ain't got no peers, or none to hang out with, and i ain't interested in any relationships with the fairer sex! haha! anyways, blah blah blah, enjoy the art.

below is a cd set for a mark ryden show called "Blood." i love the design.

Me reading at a gig last year in Prince George, thankfully i've lost some weight since then. 

construction work is good for something anyways! haha!

until next time lovers,

CB

re: words are the devil......

hello friends, fans, lovers and foe,

i cannot remember if i included this link or not, always trying to get some exposure for my creative endeavours. sometimes it works, sometimes, it don't.

in the meantime, enjoy this happy little song.

http://rpm.fm/music/download-chris-bose-words-are-the-devil/

and here's a funny thing about art i found on the intranet.

despite it all, i want at least one of my kids to be an artist. haha!

been sort of mulling things over, navel gazing or shoe gazing i guess you could say. i really feel like i'm just biding my time in kamloops. i feel very alone here, no fault of my own for sure, even though i am starting to do community stuff, sometimes i just feel like, i dunno. wishing my kids were older so i could go and figure my life out i guess? career wise and job wise, it's a tough go for a creative indian in this town. i'm overqualified for a lot of things, and i ain't getting any younger, which is what the world constantly wants, it sucks young blood. it feels like i don't fit in here. i've got to find out where i am supposed to be and get on with it. 

which is, sadly, the road, actually, it ain't so sad! haha! i love the road. 

and i'm working on new music that's gonna get me there! haha!

big love, take care peoples, buy some art, help an artist out, i've got art available right now at Arnica Artist Run Centre and The Art We Are, here in Kamloops, and online at my flickr.com site here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisbose1

contact me at: chrisbose1@yahoo.ca 

if you want any art, it can be completely customized. for a price.

cheers,

cb

re: updates updates!

hello lovers,

i am in the midst of getting my shit together, as i plan to make 2012 my bi-atch. so, in order to make things go a little more to plan, i've been organizing stuff and well, actually making plans. haha!

my flickr.com page has begun to take shape, there are 4 sets organized into little portfolios and a design portfolio of commissions, graphics, and work i've licensed out, and soon there will be galleries.

check'em out!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisbose1

the image above is what you should see, so do check it out! and if you want to purchase an image, feel free to contact me, i also do commissioned work. let's chat!

as well, I've been writing and recording new songs on guitar, as well as loops and beats. my plan is to record an album of new songs over the winter, and do some touring next year. we'll see how it goes. the important thing, is the songs are being written and recorded!! woohoo!

check here for the link to have a sneak peak listen to the demo process! exciting!

http://soundcloud.com/cbdemos-1

You should see the above image when you hit the link to the demo page! yay!

I've been trying to record them in ambient places, like field recordings from the early 1920's. i went to fields, parks, parking garages, alleys and other weird spots. Most of these tracks were done at night, and there was always a junkie or two that came and checked out what was going on. It was kind of strange, especially the song, "you must be high," haha! 

should be interesting to see how the songs turn out!

have a listen, download a song, share the links with your friends!

cheers,

cb

re: fur and gold!

Hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

hope everything is well in your world, it's getting cold here in the interior of BC, doing some construction to help pay the bills, and freezing outside!

anyways, i've been working on 3 works simultaneously, here is one of them.

layers baby, lots of'em.

until next time,


cb

re: 3 sirens

greetings friends, fans, foe, and lovers, and ex's......


this is the 3 sirens and 3 wise men.

dig.

i'm having fun with art again. ahhhh victory.


cb