Moving foward, or living in the past? - General Tiki

C Cammo Member San Diego Joined: May 18, 2006 Posts: 2041	C Cammo Posted posted on Fri, Feb 22, 2008 11:42 AM "It’s not about African-art inspired masks/carvings/design" Actually, Les Baxter's "Quiet Village" is about an African quiet village. The whole album is. So is the cover artwork. Lots more connections out there, but I'm not dredging 'em up. I'd actually make a case out of almost all the TC 'rules', and most of the assumptions we all take for granted on TC. Very little of the Tiki history we assume to know so much about really goes back to original first sources; it's all observational. One problem seems to be that people confuse 'tropical' with 'Tiki'. Another is that almost nobody on TC was an adult during the classic Tiki era. Anyway, in my case the pursuit of Tiki has led me to original Islander art, and even that seems edgy here sometimes....

"It’s not about African-art inspired masks/carvings/design"

Actually, Les Baxter's "Quiet Village" is about an African quiet village. The whole album is. So is the cover artwork. Lots more connections out there, but I'm not dredging 'em up.

I'd actually make a case out of almost all the TC 'rules', and most of the assumptions we all take for granted on TC. Very little of the Tiki history we assume to know so much about really goes back to original first sources; it's all observational.

One problem seems to be that people confuse 'tropical' with 'Tiki'. Another is that almost nobody on TC was an adult during the classic Tiki era.

Anyway, in my case the pursuit of Tiki has led me to original Islander art, and even that seems edgy here sometimes....

Post #362881 by Cammo on Fri, Feb 22, 2008 11:42 AM