Post #235842 by Sabina on Sun, Jun 4, 2006 1:19 PM

Many Mahalos for the kind words, folks! (I must admit, coming back the next morning and looking at what I had written, I also had to admit to being a bit proud myself- it isn't often I can actually write it out.)

I think, for myself and some others perahps, tightened up a bit, it is kinda THE personal statement of what I'm eventually aiming towards with our Lounge of the Seven Pleasures- it's going to take a few decades to get close, though.

I should also point out, all 'worldliness' aside- closest I've really done to islands with Palms are places like Key West- and that's VERY different. The post comes firmly from plotting and Day-Dreaming, not firsthand experiencing. I can sit in the Lounge and contemplate what it's supposed to sound like, smell like, the sound of wind in palms, etc, then I work towards making the space more so.

Besides- this is all about Mainland dreaming- island lust for idealized islands either never experienced, or what soldiers in, for example WWII actually experienced and wanted to recreate. Our interpretations are interpretations of their interpretations- getting all the more "polypop" with each transition. It's the pop interpretation and idealized notions of what 'the islands' might be, not the authentic.

All that said, I need to rework that piece and eventually stick it on the back of our menu or something.

At its heart my post above, etc, all this is Tiki longing, island-maddness, and a restless mainland native lusting for a home unknown.

"Bali Ha'i will whisper
In the wind of the sea:
"Here am I, your special island!
Come to me, come to me!"