re: coming home.....

hello lovers,

ahhhh, so you have seen the photos of the wild and crazy "crawling, weeping, betting," exhibition, festival and shows in vancouver, bc at the Unit/Pitt gallery/projects space. i'm not sure how many people were involved? 50? a 100? a 1000? it seemed like it at time, but it was brilliant. and damned.

so, after such a high, i have to come home to my smallish city in the southern interior of BC. kamloops, bc in fact, and it's quiet at night. painfully quiet. i'm often bored. and we've had very long winter, it started in October of last year, and we've had snow until the past week. imagine that. 6 months of snow. it drives you mad. plus the short days. booze helps, but even that turns against you after awhile. haha. 

but now that it's warming up, i'm out every day, hiking, walking, doing art outside, reading, taking photos, anything to get out of the house. it's a strange place, kind of bleak, not much art stuff going on unless you make things happen, which is why i started the arbour collective back in 2011 when i moved back from Kelowna, BC. 

i like it here though, something about this place, not sure what it is yet. 

it does fuck with your head though, traveling to other major centres in canada and then returning home to the silence. i've got my kids here, which is probably the main reason why i'm here still. i'm undecided about that one though. it's nice to return home and chill out and get outside in the hills or along the river, or going for drives. that's why when i'm in the cities, i rarely sleep, i'm out walking the streets, looking up at the towers, or down alleys, or wherever, seeking adventure, and stories. when i get home from touring i'm exhausted and often takes a few days to get back to normal. so now you see what i see when i get home. 

as it is getting warmer, i'll post some nicer photos tomorrow. 

until next time lovers,

c,

re: 200th post!

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers, as well as gamblers, boozers, sinners and winners!

this is my 200th post of the year!

yay!

i knew i could do it!!!

thanks for believing in me and my art and even being interested!

if you ever want some art, contact me and i'm sure we can make a deal!

in the meantime,

the image above is one of my father. the only image i have of him.

i made the art to only start making sense of our complicated relationship and getting over the abandonment issues i had with him. one start in the long journey of life and forgiveness.

until next time lovers,

cb

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

hope all is well in your wood of the necks. things are fine in mine, but i'm bored as hell. haven't been doing art lately, self-imposed exile, but i'm back at it and excited.

and i'm looking for a drummer. someone who can play decent heavy stoner rock style like below link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuRKRFjm-HA

in the meantime sinners and winners,

enjoy some new art.

cb

re: selling lies disguised as truth. or trust.

if i won ten or twenty million dollars i'd take some serious time off and heal my body.

over the past 4 decades or so, i've beaten the hell out of it.

i'm starting to notice it.

in this form, this reality, i'm not going to last forever.

and i'm getting real tired of jumping through all these bullshit hoops to just do what i want to do that i would do just to cover my bills. but i'm getting older now and think of my kids more.

sigh.

i work and slave to change the cultural landscape of canada and to provide for my family. while bankers get richer, businessmen get fatter and politicians lie deeper. sometimes i just want to say fuck it all.

until next time lovers,

cb
ps: obviously, by the video, i don't take myself that seriously. but i rock. haha.