Tiki Art: Why Do You Do What You Do? - General Tiki

W woofmutt Member Seattilite Telstar Joined: Mar 26, 2002 Posts: 2639	W woofmutt Posted posted on Thu, Jun 12, 2008 3:41 AM "I am still flabbergasted that my thoughts here and in my other thread are being misunderstood/misconstrued into "adhering to a narrow view of Tiki", while what I am pointing out is that ignoring the opportunity to tap into the rich heritage (of authentic and mid-century Tiki art) is what has actually led to a narrowing down of the motifs of the Tiki revival --(OR is simply creating pieces so far from the source that they are not Tiki anymore). Pretty ironic." -bigbrotiki- Considering that even a person of obvious intelligence and the ability to make a sound argument is capable of completely misunderstanding and misconstruing a subject one can hardly expect any more from those who have never been remotely familiar with reason.

"I am still flabbergasted that my thoughts here and in my other thread are being misunderstood/misconstrued into "adhering to a narrow view of Tiki", while what I am pointing out is that ignoring the opportunity to tap into the rich heritage (of authentic and mid-century Tiki art) is what has actually led to a narrowing down of the motifs of the Tiki revival --(OR is simply creating pieces so far from the source that they are not Tiki anymore). Pretty ironic." -bigbrotiki-

Considering that even a person of obvious intelligence and the ability to make a sound argument is capable of completely misunderstanding and misconstruing a subject one can hardly expect any more from those who have never been remotely familiar with reason.

Post #386562 by woofmutt on Thu, Jun 12, 2008 3:41 AM