Post #374645 by Matt Reese on Fri, Apr 18, 2008 7:18 PM

On 2008-04-18 15:07, Tiki Shark Art wrote:
Riddle me this.
When is a Tiki mug not a Tiki Mug?

Not a tiki. But I knew that when I painted it.

Not a tiki. But It's a favorite part of my tiki mug collection.

That's kinda why I liked the wood grain version. It lends itself to be some sort of
strange carved tropical idol - I'm not not saying a historically correct tiki, but
I can't think of one Tiki mug that is.
I kind of dig the more expansive sense of the "Tiki Culture" domain. I like that it can
include Zombies, Fez wearing Monkeys, Skulls, Pirates, King Kong's Skull Island, Bikini Atoll and atomic testing, various sea monsters, Godzilla, Cthulhu and the like.
As long as it's something that could be found in a "fantasy" version of the tropics, I can go with it. I guess we all
have our own feel for what is "tiki" culture - ish.

What ever tiki culture is, it's organic and changing as pop culture mutates and changes.

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[ Edited by: Tiki Shark Art 2008-04-18 15:25 ]

Point taken. I do enjoy the whole fantasy, broadening aspects but sometimes I wonder if things may go so far away that they lose any sense of meaning to what has been established as tiki.
Cheers.