Post #138648 by DawnTiki on Tue, Feb 1, 2005 12:07 AM

There you have it... I knew I was going to get some slack about my posting the links to Mr. Florian's art but I never thought it would come from BigBro. :( I really, really just want everyone to know that NEVER in any way was this post ever meant to be disrespectful or bring shame to Gabe Florian or his work.

In another thread, another poster on the forums asked if anyone had any access to any of Mr. Florians other works.
A few nights before that I had read the Mug makers article in The Tiki News #17 and remembered that the article said Gabe Florian did work under the alias of Kemush.

So I was on a quest.
I found a man who was friends with Gabe and had some of his drawing, he offered to send them to me. After I saw them and saw the level of his talent, I weighed whether or not to share them with TC.
I asked several people on TC including Hanford if they thought this was too much for this forum to handle, I asked the man who sent them to me as well. He said I had permission to share them with this forum, and anyone else who I might think would enjoy seeing them. He also said that he thought that Gabe would be smiling on the other side about someone being interested in his art. I received no negative feedback about these when I asked what might be the right thing to do.

I've had these images for a few days now, wondering what I should do with them.
After all we are all adults here, these images aren't all that "porny" I really wish they had something to do with Tiki other than the connection to who he was when he was alive.
I think they are beautifully done and have value and should seen by those who are interested.
Somehow by not sharing them, I thought it might bring some sort of shame and dishonor to his legacy...even if no one knew about it other than me, so I decided not to do that and share the links so that those who are interested might gain a little insight to who and what he was about.
Not being very articulate I hope I have been able to convey my feelings and thoughts on why I saw nothing wrong with sharing the images here, without offending or upsetting anyone in the process of trying to explain it all. There you have it...

[ Edited by: DawnTiki on 2005-02-01 00:24 ]