Post #241322 by bigbrotiki on Thu, Jul 6, 2006 1:06 PM

It does feel like it to me lately. There is a lack of fresh energy, a certain sense of repetition, and thus the non-hardcore Tiki-philes might turn to other things, and more casual consumers will pick up cheapo Tiki trinkets and not bother to connect them to the source (mid-century Tiki, whose revival put these very trinkets in shopping malls today), but just buy it with the same naivitee that 1960s folks did.

Not that there is neccessarily anything wrong with that. But for that very reason I was VERY bummed that Taschen delayed the publishing date of my new book until next February (the delay before it came this far is mea culpa, I admit...)

I felt that another concentrated blast of rare original Tiki imagery (100 images more than the BOT's 600 pix) would be perfectly placed around this September, delivering the injection of inspiration that perhaps is needed. I hope the winter hibernation will not be too deep now...

I can only say it will be worth the wait, folks.