be here now

2009-10-03T19:01:00.000-07:00

It happens on it's own...

BLOOM YOUTH - 꽃피는청춘

2009-04-29T09:51:00.000-07:00

꽃피는청춘 is a funky, fruit marinated vodka specialty, lounge/bar in Seoul.... they just opened up their second branch and surprised me with my work framed along their walls. Then Charlie, the MAN, asked me to throw up some paint. Mmmmmmmm.....
Forgot how good it feels to stroke dem' walls....

BloomYouth potions...

The two masterminds of the bar and design co....

And then the big one.... a neon light is being installed in the middle of the wall.... hence the open space....

Open to open

2009-02-15T04:53:00.000-08:00

You can get these on a T-shirt here.

양파-가슴

2008-11-25T16:19:00.000-08:00

Krishnamurti (+ soju)

2008-11-24T04:34:00.000-08:00

He says to UNDERSTAND. Krishnamurti.

나는 달라질거야..

2008-11-21T08:31:00.000-08:00

Listen to Selves

2008-11-18T07:56:00.000-08:00

She says we need to listen more. Listen to each other like we're the kaleidoscopic, rhythmic souls that we are.
"In this soaring demonstration, deaf percussionist Evelyn Glennie leads the audience through an exploration of music not as notes on a page, but as an expression of the human experience..."

Soft Spot ... another case.

2008-11-14T09:55:00.000-08:00

Strategies, so many strategies to protect our weak points.
See T-shirt

Soft Spot

2008-11-13T05:49:00.000-08:00

Every man has his soft spot- doesn't matter how hard'n tough he is... he has a soft spot.

And every man protects his own.... in his own way.

check out T-shirt

I can't find her.

2008-10-02T01:02:00.000-07:00

2008-08-12T07:52:00.000-07:00

If u (think u) understand something;

then use it by playing with it; experimenting with it;

you're not trying to get to it,

you've got it:

so use it.

-c

2008-08-11T17:30:00.000-07:00

Until you make the change you'll never know how much you wanted it.

-Cilis Wills

Dream supply.

2008-08-07T02:18:00.001-07:00

C'est viens de les reves.... mon but de faire c'etait un image qui dit...

"Supply your thoughts with media."

Je ne sais pas- qu'elque chose pour tes yeux.

Cash

2008-07-14T16:49:00.000-07:00

"Tandas" are a form of rotating credit association where one person from a group organizes the cycle. That would be our sweetheart in the visual...

Popular in Latin American culture this is another creative way to put some money aside until it develops into a larger sum, all the while being involved with your friends and coworkers in a joint venture.

This is another piece for NEXOS Magazine (American Airlines) ; hoping to harness something in a different direction next time. Props to the Art Director G.G for his patience with me on this one... y'all know I had a hard time accepting the notebook in this.....

Steaming Candlelight, Seoul

2008-06-15T08:28:00.001-07:00

Wah. These two aren't taken by me.... off the net somewhere passed to me from a korean homegirl but they are the zoomed out view of the 이명박 Mad Cow PROTEST. The pics I caught are two posts down...

Filosofia of Philosophy

2008-06-14T10:44:00.000-07:00

In Spanish the spelling of PHILOSOPHY changed to FILOSOFIA;

Simplifying the philosophy of pronunciation.

Nexos - American Airlines Magazine - April/May Issue

MAD COW : Korean Protest

2008-06-14T09:54:00.000-07:00

ass bubble...

2008-06-02T10:26:00.000-07:00

check out some buyables...

I've got a couple t's....

funkifying chests and backs across the globe...

Chase Carr-Braint - RedBubble

(click it yo)

Fred Hon

2008-05-23T08:41:00.000-07:00

and me.

한국 여자

2008-05-12T00:06:00.000-07:00

she tells time-what to do-is her sole focus-what it should be?

. . Work 4 Them . .

2008-05-09T07:40:00.000-07:00

04.08

2008-04-18T03:05:00.000-07:00

My young homeboys and my witch doctor talkin w me over skype. . .

Crazy chemistry man.... crazy.

Find ME in YOU(r notebook)

2008-04-14T04:52:00.000-07:00

So I teamed up with some clever designers at BLOOM YOUTH over here in Seoul, South Korea. They used a bunch of sketches and quotes (many times not even understanding what my handwriting said- just enjoyin' the look) from my last sketchbook. Super quality books have been printed and are being dispersed over here in this world. So f*ckin' cool seein' my work become a background, and maybe idea sparker, for another person on a mission to fill their book with findings... Gamsahamnida.

2008-04-06T11:08:00.000-07:00

YouTube - Can Your Film Change the World?

If u r human u need to watch this and...

--Can't Stop Thinkin' Bout' Shit--

2008-03-18T04:30:00.000-07:00

2008-03-01T22:05:00.000-08:00

Change is either with ya- or against ya. You choose-

How many in yours?

2008-02-05T02:27:00.000-08:00

2008-01-30T08:29:00.000-08:00

Gotta pop wonders during thunders of things staying the same with no barriers leaving it completely self contained.

Soju anyone?

2008-01-30T08:11:00.000-08:00

**If our friendship depends on things like space and time, then when we finally overcome space and time, weve destroyed our own brotherhood! But overcome space, and all we have left is Here. Overcome time and all we have left is Now. And in the middle of Here and Now dont you think that we might see each other once or twice?**

(Richard Bach- J.L.Seagull)

SMOKE

2008-01-10T02:25:00.000-08:00

*Certain kinds of information are like smoke; they work their way into peoples eyes and minds whether sought out or not, and with no regard to personal preference*

-Haruki Murakami (WindUpBirdChronicle)

Hopefully the smoke I influence my kids with is the same type of smoke that slicks off of a magic lamp with a genie inside. NAH MEAN??

miss yall

* sticky rice - fortune teller studies - falling *

2007-12-30T04:30:00.000-08:00

the name of this sketch is in Korean, in red pen. I got my homegirl Sunny to make it up. CHAL DOK GOONG HAP. Its a combination of two words. One means *sticky rice*. The other means *marital harmony as predicted by a fortune teller* (i luv korean)

...random page outta my personal korean studies book...

*present day reason is an analogue of the flat earth of the medieval period; if you go to far beyond it youre presumed to fall off . . .*

-Robert Pirsig

yes xmas

2007-12-23T19:49:00.000-08:00

This is a painting my homeboy Isaiah Richards did for me- reminds me of Christmas so yo----

MERRY CHRISTMAS YALL!

New Korean President

2007-12-19T10:09:00.000-08:00

Actually; new Korean evaluation of an old myth . . .

This ones for my Korean homies- DESTROYING THE MYTH.

love- chase

-understanding Korean understanding Korean understanding-

2007-12-13T20:37:00.000-08:00

My first sketchbook of Korean times and thoughts is almost full- not necessarily finished- but will find its time to feel complete before 2008. Heres the cover...

My mini apartment in Incheon, South Korea.
( teaching ESL to elementary to middle school )

She looks both ways.

(Miss y:all)

Jammin with Korea

2007-12-09T05:55:00.000-08:00

Thats my desk behind some of my homies....necessary clutter of course.

For momma- you asked if the leaves turn colors...

Couple of ma homegirlz. (english names Sally and Lisa)

English name is MARTIN... wise sense of humor- good chemistry with him.

Its a really good job sometimes.

Homemade halloween- no parental support so i respect these little dumplings.

His english name is GRANT. He behaves like nonother- but when I show that we can all let loose and get crazy he EATS IT UP..... hilarious chap.

Goggles---

2007-12-03T09:17:00.000-08:00

Thanx Be for being the way you be.
Heart, mind to paper. -x

10 Km Korea *Seoul

2007-11-28T09:44:00.000-08:00

I know we see this everyday in Ontario sooooo....

She kept singing my name and...

So proud to finish.
The race is with yourself.

ESL

2007-11-27T20:21:00.000-08:00

I think the picture river:s flow will quicken. Undertsand I:m stricken- by strange lessons as my conscious thickens.

WAY GU GEEN -*foreigners*

David and Sam- all of us cut from the same cloth. Clever but rebellious- I love:em.

Motts trying to re-experience it for the first time... mitchine.

(as a couple students tried to convince me to let them name me in korean, it*s already done, i captured some of their written English)

I miss y:all.

Lots. -chase

korea: trying to understand. so far.

2007-10-07T04:28:00.000-07:00

"Do ya get it?"
(word mort)

this is Teacher Geoff Mortaley. Life teacher. Brother-from-another-mother-on-a-trip-across-the-world-away-from-his-lover. Our chemistry is spontaneous- hilarious-well understood and brand new every page.

a view from geoffs apt- to understand the humor of this shot please see bottom of this post- my apt view

bitch wouldn't stop lookin at me

"step in our store and get this free gift"- in exhuberant korean

geoffdiggy connectin with kate- his manager who showed us some beautiful peeps, places and things that day- korean/australian she is.
(the one above it is inexplicably golden)

this is my beautiful view- this old man is 84 yrs old, he collects the piles of garbage onto this pully-wagon and takes it elsewhere- he knows a little english and asked me why i shave my head. "cuz i love it." he laughed and told his hunchback buddy- he laughed too.

Ja get it?
(word mort)

funka flavor samples of korea

2007-10-07T04:14:00.000-07:00

trust in quality of pics improving when the new cam comes- next paycheck babeh

mister korea, miss canada

2007-10-07T03:33:00.000-07:00

theres an unseen, unheard of brand of anything everytime i turn around- try em all baby. from this gatorade tastealike to iced corn tea- lucky and unlucky shots but what do you expect when you're trying something new and you can't read the language yet

these always old lookin coffee machines are all over- 300 won and you get a hot coffee shot... get two and that's 60 cents. you grow an intimate bond with them after a couple weeks

the squatters- wah- funniest story to go with this: in brief it was a mad rush to find this after running back again to the subway ticket counter for change to buy toilet paper, taking off underwear and all to squat and do some stinky damage while some guy in the next stall farted, plopped and moaned all while talking on his celli...

my bathroom- all dirt pink, moldy and neglected by it's previous owners- call it a fixerupper.... by now it's cleaned, bleached and resealed... first impression wasn't excitement.. but fuck: i'm in korea

Mort at the top off this winding road before we discovered this funkyass chinatown district at the peak of a mountain by Incheon station...

Chinatown by Incheon station before we begin the stair climb...

Eyes thru your mind-

2007-08-11T16:10:00.000-07:00

Mind through wherever it is-

Something else happens followed by something familiar- reconfiguring in same old ways-

Sense made out of something that we can't sense-

None of this may be true.

Moment of realization.

2007-07-10T14:31:00.000-07:00

I think there's a moment similar to this...

Age-a-Chute

2007-06-28T21:46:00.000-07:00

Funky sketch I did on the gotrain with my bagpack in my lap...my knees crunched up with another bag under my feet...crunched in the four spotter with three other strangers... but the jive came so the page became.
(Also note my brotha Tessars (fillstheills.blogspot.com) head being held up on the bottom)

Blueliiner....

2007-06-02T20:32:00.000-07:00

Busy trying to find a job- some funky ass sketches...

MilkYourMind.com

2007-05-09T20:37:00.000-07:00

(Think it then make it real to feel it.)
Brothas, sistas, mommas and pops... check out ma' site.

www.milkyourmind.com

everyone is waiting.

2007-05-07T04:18:00.000-07:00

envision yourself in the pregnant lady's womb-
if you feel like it.

end of series.

2007-04-22T21:35:00.000-07:00

cause if ya wanna see the rest... ya gotta come to our year end show.

sheridanheadlines.ca

this piece is part of an interview with a yogi...

2007-04-22T21:25:00.000-07:00

a cover to some insides.
why do we always cover our insides.
maybe I should lose the cover.

Re-think it.

2007-04-17T00:06:00.000-07:00

Can't always believe what you read.
Can't always trust what you believe.

Re-think it.

chase

LIKE ATTRACTS LIKE.

2007-04-13T14:28:00.000-07:00

a piece on the Law of Attraction.
I know you feel it people- the law that is.

-chase

4 Realities

2007-04-12T17:59:00.000-07:00

The different perspectives people have in different situations.
(Starring my alter-ego Eon.)

a lil glimpse...

2007-04-07T23:27:00.000-07:00

I interviewed my yoga teacher about life...
this is a lil crop from one of the four 2 page spreads.
(whole thing'll be up in a week)
-chase

Moving on.

2007-04-06T00:41:00.000-07:00

Here's a piece about music and what we hold on to- for no practical reasons. Even though so many people just download music onto their ipods and junk, (vs the drastic swithc from cassette to cds) a lot of people still buy the cds at the store; only to bring it home, upload it to your itunes and throw the case back on a shelf, never to be used. Je ne sais pas pourquoi... tu??
chase

LIKE ATTRACTS LIKE . . . . . . . . .

2007-04-06T00:32:00.000-07:00

i really dug this sketch of these two peeps that found each other in each other-
like energy attracting like energy. of course it can be an analogy for the law of attraction...
we'll see if it turns into a finished piece...

The day he learned...

2007-03-26T18:49:00.000-07:00

that adults know no more than children. it's all pretend.
(A piece about this guy, Eon Tactics, looking back on life changing moments. No use in explaining anymore- take it for what it is )

STACK YOURSELVES

2007-03-25T13:38:00.000-07:00

a little sketchbook throwdown from class- here for your eyes and your ass

c h a s e

opened up on.

2007-03-17T00:01:00.000-07:00

Just like opening a random door at a party- I open my sketchbook and find my characters doing their own thing. Gotta love;em though- they're only human.

courage to fly.

2007-03-16T23:49:00.000-07:00

I just finished this one- can be about a lot of things.... pretty much taking the necessary leap into the unknown when you know you're ready- you just need to gather up the jam.

"You Create Your Own Image" - HEADlines

2007-02-06T23:45:00.000-08:00

This piece is for my Illustration Class of 2007's graduation book. Y'all wouldn't BELIEVE how amazing some of these motherf's are that I go to school with. Check out their links... look for pieces called HEADlines.

WOOP WOOP--- SHERIDAN!!

stereotypin' strangers...

2007-02-03T20:12:00.000-08:00

isn't this what you do??

Missin' Rooty

2007-01-28T18:10:00.000-08:00

Meet Rooty. Beautiful lady that I spent the summer with in New Orleans. We shared so many things in common- mainly our eating and drinking habits; I can remember so many nights having a drink of wine with her before her bedtime.

Jim and Connie are Rooty's loving parents....beautiful people as well! I love NEw Orleans.
Check back for the Our Rooty book to preview at MilkYourMind.com- my new site that will hopefully exist this month.

aspects on love

2007-01-26T00:13:00.000-08:00

Here's two of the current four part collection....soon to change and improve but yo- it's all love.

:once she's gone bad she's gone 4ever:

2007-01-23T14:00:00.000-08:00

Here's a fan blade I unscrewed out of a garbage pile on a street in New Orleans.
New Orleans is so cool.

word. you've just witnessed the seed. check back for growth.

2007-01-23T10:01:00.000-08:00