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

TS Tom Slick Tiki Socialite The Beaches of South Bay, SoCal Joined: Aug 26, 2005 Posts: 1093	TS Tom Slick Posted posted on Fri, Feb 22, 2008 11:59 AM Yes, my intent for this thread was not only to address the lack of posts related to tiki centrals statement, vs. some of the obvious boredom people have and their ways of thread derailment. I know it is a community dedicated to the "DISCOVERY" of classic polynesian pop and modern polynesian pop. What I DO NOT KNOW is if the "discovery" of classic polynesian pop is happening? And I not referring to the newbie who just signed up and found stuff here, but more along the lines of this communities elders? It seems with the HUNDREDS of active posters, that when nothing seems to be really new or discovered, they have to entertain themselves somehow? Afterall, they took the whole 5 seconds to log in, why leave without blurting something out? :roll: My opinion is that classic polypop(in a guess), roughly 90 percent has been discovered, whereas even the artworld which frequently changes, the artists do not, nor does the modern polypop for that same reasoning. I've personally read alot of interesting posts regarding history here, and it just seems that we have pretty much excavated the dinosaur pit so to speak. Witco has been documented, almost all mid century architects such as the Wrights, the Lautners, The Becketts, the Neutras have been documented as well. So from only my opinionated view, it seems that polypop has slowed down like molasses, and back to the first paragraph, How can people contribute to a community when almost everything seems to have been covered AND/OR everything for the moment is at a standstill within the community? Not saying I condone useless posts, but does anyone else feel the same? If we only had a tiki comedian with all tiki jokes! :wink: The whole lifestyle should be fun, And I also agree that one should recognize the history as well. The collecting aspect of tiki and mid century on the other hand, has exploded. From the furniture, Witco, rattan, Vintage tiki....Stuff that would have been nearly free for the taking 10 years ago, has hit all time price highs. So what gives? Target, Big Lots, Tommy Bs have a hand in exposing this? For the love of :tiki: , someone explain!??? :P [ Edited by: Tom Slick 2008-02-22 12:14 ]

Yes, my intent for this thread was not only to address the lack of posts related to tiki centrals statement, vs. some of the obvious boredom people have and their ways of thread derailment. I know it is a community dedicated to the "DISCOVERY" of classic polynesian pop and modern polynesian pop. What I DO NOT KNOW is if the "discovery" of classic polynesian pop is happening? And I not referring to the newbie who just signed up and found stuff here, but more along the lines of this communities elders? It seems with the HUNDREDS of active posters, that when nothing seems to be really new or discovered, they have to entertain themselves somehow? Afterall, they took the whole 5 seconds to log in, why leave without blurting something out? :roll:

My opinion is that classic polypop(in a guess), roughly 90 percent has been discovered, whereas even the artworld which frequently changes, the artists do not, nor does the modern polypop for that same reasoning. I've personally read alot of interesting posts regarding history here, and it just seems that we have pretty much excavated the dinosaur pit so to speak. Witco has been documented, almost all mid century architects such as the Wrights, the Lautners, The Becketts, the Neutras have been documented as well. So from only my opinionated view, it seems that polypop has slowed down like molasses, and back to the first paragraph,
How can people contribute to a community when almost everything seems to have been covered AND/OR everything for the moment is at a standstill within the community?
Not saying I condone useless posts, but does anyone else feel the same? If we only had a tiki comedian with all tiki jokes! :wink:

The whole lifestyle should be fun, And I also agree that one should recognize the history as well. The collecting aspect of tiki and mid century on the other hand, has exploded. From the furniture, Witco, rattan, Vintage tiki....Stuff that would have been nearly free for the taking 10 years ago, has hit all time price highs. So what gives? Target, Big Lots, Tommy Bs have a hand in exposing this? For the love of :tiki: , someone explain!??? :P

[ Edited by: Tom Slick 2008-02-22 12:14 ]

Post #362886 by Tom Slick on Fri, Feb 22, 2008 11:59 AM