Post #391788 by Tiki Shark Art on Sat, Jul 5, 2008 2:04 PM

GROG~ Oh, "Spirited Away". Like he's sneaking off with the tiki. And she's all in a trance in another world. I get it. Now I get it. Yeah that is a good title. Lemme think about it.
Paipo~ Yes, a god in the vog. I almost called it that, but went with my original focus. The mystic blue flame. There's local legends about roaming fire balls here on the BI, and I wanted it to be a little bit about that.
But, speaking of VOG, actually, I just came back from the barber. Barber's a great place for local news in a small town like Kona. He said his business was about 20 - 30 % down. Folks are leaving town. The heavy VOG is scaring people off from living here.
That, plus tourism is off. There used to be a cruise ship in the bay at least 3 times a week, sometimes more. At times there'd be two (or even three) ships in the bay at once. And the sea-side area of town would be crawling with tourists. Loud shirts, Bermuda shorts. Sunburns. And fat wallets. Now, we get one ship a week. I don't think that's because of the vog - I think that's cause of the high fuel prices. A cruise around the Hawaiian islands is getting expensive I guess.
But heck, Things will bounce back. Always do.
And, the volcano can't spew VOG forever. Pele will simmer down. Sometime. I hope.
Tabu~ So glad u dig the print! Warms my heart to know you're shopping for a cool frame! U like the weird mystical twist, great! You'll dig this one too! So, now I gotta put the cigarette back? I just drew it out last night! Hmmmm.... Take a look, lemme know what you think.

almost all inked... I keep thinking of that song by Les Baxter "Go Chango" as the sound track to this one.

Here is a close up of the Tiki Hut in the VOG, from "Tiki of the Blue Pool" as requested by Jentiki.

Aloha from the Big Island!