PTD's Tiki Atonement (or how I learned to love

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Wed, Jan 16, 2008 9:04 PM Do you feel cleaner now? Next step: Burning it all. :wink: (that TV tray is cool though!) No, seriously: Even I must have one or two of those party city Tikis on my light string hanging over one of my mug shelves, I got them as a present. And those cheapo Mexican wood masks (Theroux: "Nameless pieces of hacked wood") could be acceptable if just one or two are hidden behind layers netting and foliage (..but how the heck did you get that many!?) It is all a matter of the right balance ! I had the advantage that what really got me into Tiki was discovering Oceanic Arts - I had the best teachers from the start, so those masks never tempted me. I understand that it is different in less Tiki-fertile areas. Like you said, the more good stuff you accumulate the more cheapo stuff you can garage. That is Janet's plan, too. If later you decide to give the Tiki junk to a thrift store, others might pick it up as a lucky find, and the whole cycle begins again: DISCOVERY -ELATION -GROWTH of Tiki awareness -DEVELOPMENT of discerning Tiki taste -RECOGNITION of Tiki masters (Guanko/West/Schmaltz )-HORROR at ones ignorant crimes of Tiki youth -ATONEMENT! ...beautiful..innit? :D

Do you feel cleaner now? Next step: Burning it all. :wink: (that TV tray is cool though!)

No, seriously: Even I must have one or two of those party city Tikis on my light string hanging over one of my mug shelves, I got them as a present. And those cheapo Mexican wood masks (Theroux: "Nameless pieces of hacked wood") could be acceptable if just one or two are hidden behind layers netting and foliage (..but how the heck did you get that many!?) It is all a matter of the right balance !
I had the advantage that what really got me into Tiki was discovering Oceanic Arts - I had the best teachers from the start, so those masks never tempted me. I understand that it is different in less Tiki-fertile areas.

Like you said, the more good stuff you accumulate the more cheapo stuff you can garage. That is Janet's plan, too. If later you decide to give the Tiki junk to a thrift store, others might pick it up as a lucky find, and the whole cycle begins again:

DISCOVERY -ELATION -GROWTH of Tiki awareness -DEVELOPMENT of discerning Tiki taste -RECOGNITION of Tiki masters (Guanko/West/Schmaltz )-HORROR at ones ignorant crimes of Tiki youth -ATONEMENT! ...beautiful..innit? :D

Post #355439 by bigbrotiki on Wed, Jan 16, 2008 9:04 PM