Post #459950 by Tiki Shark Art on Sun, Jun 7, 2009 5:57 PM

Aloha, tiki tribe~

Well, it's been a while since my last posting. I had a death in the family. My father-in-law passed away here at home after years of battling Alzheimer's. It was a powerful experiencing caring for someone as they left this world. I've never been through anything like it before. I hope it's given me a deeper sense of what's important in this life.

Anyways, now that the family who were visiting and helping have left, I've got the guest room back as an art studio.

I think I can feel a lot of what I went through appearing on the canvas. Art therapy, if you will. This piece didn't start out as "mystical" or should I say, as "spiritual" as I think it's going to end up.

I appreciate having the Tiki Tribe as a part of my life. I treasure the ability to celebrate in this wonderful Modern Tiki Culture we have. It gives me hope, and it's a tiki torch of light in this sometimes dark ocean we're sailing across. And, I just gotta' give a big big MAHALO and ALOHA to everyone.

B~