Post #464501 by palapala on Thu, Jun 25, 2009 9:29 AM

I do agree with tiki shark about the religious oppression in Hawaii the earlier era..It was a perversion of power and dominance, and caused suffering for women and men the lower casts of people in Hawaii.. However, the other side of the spiritual, (not religious) coin, are some of the creation myths and stories that nourish the peoples imaginations and inspire art! Where would we be, If "Maui" didn't throw that net over the Sun, and tame it?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81ui_(Hawaiian_mythology)
My latest work was inspired by a Papua New guinea protection image called "Hewe Meri"
She is a protector of Women, and the mother of her clan.
http://www.art-pacific.com/artifacts/nuguinea/sepikriv/sepikmid/yentmeri.htm
These images, while not exactly Tiki, have their own Impact on the creation of art and can translate into some of the stuff we love to create!