They just don't get it, do they? - General Tiki

R Rattiki Member Key West, FL Joined: May 03, 2003 Posts: 422	R Rattiki Posted posted on Wed, May 9, 2007 11:24 AM On 2007-02-05 19:38, jpmartdog wrote: The hardest thing to me is finding myself justifying my paintings to my family and even my friends. Just recently my brother, in so many words said - I don't like the things that you paint, but I've seen that you can paint. Or even worse... my elderly mother and older sisters will say - why don't you paint something "pretty" - then people would buy it. Visit my Online Art Gallery at http://www.jonmooers.com MY GOODNESS! I can't think of many things prettier than this scene! Ya know it occurs to me that alot of the blank stares that many of us get when we mention our Tiki interest to some folks is from a general ignorance (and hence lack of appreciation) in the USA today for style and esthetics. While Europeans are surrounded by centuries of it almost constantly (not that THEY always get it either! :lol:), most American's psyches are swamped by strip malls filed with chain stores and folks dressed in jeans,tshirts&sneaks, driving BreadBoxSUVs, eating PepsiCoFastFood, watching glorified video games in CineMultiPlexes with the charm and elegance of a car-wash! :roll: Compare this to how our Grandparents dressed and what they drove (we can leave out their food, Thanx! :P) how their Cinemas, architecture and furnishings looked and you can see we are quite style deficient in PostModern America! That's probably why so many have no interest in how their interior decor looks (have you seen some of these folk's homes-white walls, white furniture with a BigScreenPlasmaTV dominating the landscape) so how could they appreciate Tiki, never the less that je ne sais quoi, joi de vivre it brings us?! :wink:

On 2007-02-05 19:38, jpmartdog wrote:
The hardest thing to me is finding myself justifying my paintings to my family and even my friends. Just recently my brother, in so many words said - I don't like the things that you paint, but I've seen that you can paint. Or even worse... my elderly mother and older sisters will say - why don't you paint something "pretty" - then people would buy it.

Visit my Online Art Gallery at
http://www.jonmooers.com

MY GOODNESS! I can't think of many things prettier than this scene!

Ya know it occurs to me that alot of the blank stares that many of us get when we mention our Tiki interest to some folks is from a general ignorance (and hence lack of appreciation) in the USA today for style and esthetics. While Europeans are surrounded by centuries of it almost constantly (not that THEY always get it either! :lol:), most American's psyches are swamped by strip malls filed with chain stores and folks dressed in jeans,tshirts&sneaks, driving BreadBoxSUVs, eating PepsiCoFastFood, watching glorified video games in CineMultiPlexes with the charm and elegance of a car-wash! :roll: Compare this to how our Grandparents dressed and what they drove (we can leave out their food, Thanx! :P) how their Cinemas, architecture and furnishings looked and you can see we are quite style deficient in PostModern America! That's probably why so many have no interest in how their interior decor looks (have you seen some of these folk's homes-white walls, white furniture with a BigScreenPlasmaTV dominating the landscape) so how could they appreciate Tiki, never the less that je ne sais quoi, joi de vivre it brings us?! :wink:

Post #305137 by Rattiki on Wed, May 9, 2007 11:24 AM