Would you prefer Tiki as 'mainstream' or 'underground'? - General Tiki

T Thomas Member Lake Mojave Joined: Mar 15, 2005 Posts: 372	T Thomas Posted posted on Sat, May 20, 2006 10:20 PM "Mainstream" -- that word is an obstacle for me. But I do wish tiki was pervasive, even ubiquitous, in society. If I like creating immersive environments, why wouldn't I want my whole town to have tiki elements all over it? Go to a municipal office and find that the file cabinets are made of (or at least accented with) bamboo. Go to the public library and see that the logo is of a Moai reading a book, looking all erudite. Get pulled over by a cop and find that he's wearing a fez (OK, not exactly tiki, but related...). Why not? It's like how the Flintstones lived in a world that was immersively that of a fantasy prehistoric land, and when they crossed a bridge it was really a brontosaurus's tail, and after the car had cleared the bridge the brontosaurus looked at you, the viewer, and said laconically of his job, "It's a livin'..."

"Mainstream" -- that word is an obstacle for me. But I do wish tiki was pervasive, even ubiquitous, in society. If I like creating immersive environments, why wouldn't I want my whole town to have tiki elements all over it? Go to a municipal office and find that the file cabinets are made of (or at least accented with) bamboo. Go to the public library and see that the logo is of a Moai reading a book, looking all erudite. Get pulled over by a cop and find that he's wearing a fez (OK, not exactly tiki, but related...). Why not? It's like how the Flintstones lived in a world that was immersively that of a fantasy prehistoric land, and when they crossed a bridge it was really a brontosaurus's tail, and after the car had cleared the bridge the brontosaurus looked at you, the viewer, and said laconically of his job, "It's a livin'..."

Post #233115 by Thomas on Sat, May 20, 2006 10:20 PM