Post #247595 by bigbrotiki on Tue, Aug 8, 2006 11:42 AM

I kinda like this new form of schizoid posting were one connects an off-topic message with an on topic subject matter to make up for it, it represents the multi-tasking that we all have to be adapt at in this day and age!

Off-topic, underlying current post:
I am just flabbergasted at some of the reactions here, they really highlight the mysterious psychology of web posting and communication, how subjectively people react to posts, what they read into them, and what their reactions reveal about themselves.

On topic post (Sorry, no visual!):
The Flat Earth Trading posts (not Trading Posts!) bring up what I call the "Poly-asian" question! Aha!:
I have posted my opinion about these new economy Tiki carvings before (off topic in bongofury's travel post!), and must state that this is were it is all about personal taste, and I am easily guilty of being too snobbish and picky.

I am not talking about carvings that are obviously Indonesian or Filipino or so, but real Tiki copies that come from Asian countries that have excellent carving traditions, yet no connection to Polynesian culture.

Though expertly carved in mostly beautiful tropical wood, to me these "Tikis" often are "off" somehow, because they are not based on the "primitive" art books that inspired American mid-century carvers. The cultural background of the Asian craftsman unconsciously creeps into their work, showing itself in too softly flowing lines instead of blocky simplicity, or in the wrong relation between the head size and the body. I have seen these in many Asian import stores in Hawaii, and unfortunately in new Trader Vic franchises also, and most of the time I can pick them out as Poly-asian. But that's just because of who I am, ya know, I wrote...oops, akh, darn...must not...grggllll