Chris Bentzen

@bentzen.bsky.social

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Gallery Tech at Nanaimo Art Gallery. I’ve been an art, comedy, and tech event producer, a graphic designer, an artist, and art gallery owner. bentzen.ca

Tuxedo tabby cat on his back stretched out like a long noodle on a Hudson’s Bay blanket, photo from directly above
Panoramic photo of 80ft Nanaimo bar on a table in a large building at VIU with chefs in white coats and crowds looking on.
338Canada poll results showing Conservatives with a projected win in Nanaimo Ladysmith with 35%, Green with 23%, NDP with 22% and Liberals with 16%.
Photo of a table with these books stacked under a lamp: Tender is the flesh : a novel / Agustina Bazterrica Fire weather : the making of a beast / John Vaillant The light eaters : how the unseen world of plant intelligence offers a new understanding of life on Earth / Zoë Schlanger The mighty Red : a novel / Louise Erdrich
5/7 screenshot of the list of books I read in 2024: I thought it was just me (but it isn't) : making the journey from "What will people think" to "I am enough" / Brené Brown Material world : the six raw materials that shape modern civilization / Ed Conway Knife : meditations after an attempted murder / Salman Rushdie Imminent : inside the Pentagon's hunt for UFOs / Luis Elizondo The sentence : a novel / Louise Erdrich You'd look better as a ghost / Joanna Wallace Somehow : thoughts on love / Anne Lamott Burn : a novel / Peter Heller Cibola burn / James S. A. Corey Quietly hostile : essays / Samantha Irby Zero stars do not recommend : a novel / MJ Wassmer We should all be feminists / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie The wretched of the earth / Frantz Fanon Clay's ark / Octavia E. Butler
1/7 screenshot of the list of books I read in 2024: Death Valley : a novel / Melissa Broder The 99% invisible city : a field guide to the hidden world of everyday design / Roman Mars and Kurt Kohlstedt Strong female character / Fern Brady Caliban's war / James S. A. Corey Patternmaster / Octavia E. Butler Let my people go surfing : the education of a reluctant businessman / Yvon Chouinard The twilight world / Werner Herzog The good house : a novel / Tananarive Due The survivalists : a novel / Kashana Cauley Invisible cities / Italo Calvino The internet con : how to seize the means of computation / Cory Doctorow Wasteland : the secret world of waste and the urgent search for a cleaner future / Oliver Franklin-Wallis The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store / James McBride Butts : a backstory / Heather Radke Orishas, goddesses, and voodoo queens : the divine feminine in the African religious traditions / Lilith Dorsey
The “Celebrating 10mil users” post that’s going around showing that I’m #85 and elder certified.
A still from Star Trek Discovery ft. Admiral Vance and a quote “it’s made of our shit, you know”
Screenshot of headline that reads King Charles III to undergo surgery for enlarged prostate amid Kate Middleton’s hospitalization
Blue Sky Guy boxer briefs in a retail window display
Tiny squirrel eating a nut on a tree branch