Post #217828 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Feb 27, 2006 9:08 PM

I guess I was too harsh, guys. Who cares about the historical and economical perspective. From now on, if a nouveaux Tiki bar does not have matching logo matchbooks and swizzle sticks, I will not consider it authentic. :lol:

Sigh. This might be a shock to some: The Book of Tiki is a piece of mythology. I resurrected a world that had fallen into ruin and made it rise up in the eye of the beholder as a perfect universe. Fact is, it never existed like that. It was flawed and frayed and...human. By picking the best imagery, artifacts and tidbits of stories from the past I created a distorted manipulation of reality, a paradise without the eternal sin. What we seek is the myth, but that is not a bad thing. We need myths to inspire us, and to make us want to create, look how far it has brought us happy "perfect paradise" seekers! :)

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2006-02-27 21:36 ]