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On 2009-07-01 05:25, Tipsy McStagger wrote:
it's easy to romanticize a period in time we were never from (or lived through)....in doing so we get to pick and choose the aspects of a particular time period we like , magnify them, make them our own and then eliminate or ignore the stuff we don't like from the same period.....anyone that has lived through the 40's,50's or 60's will tell you it wasn't as magical and cool as we seem to think it was....there were problems and stuff back then too. That's the difference between living it and imagining how it was lived.....Our perceptions of tiki are pure fantasy (aside from the actual historical facts -thank you sven). I grew up in the 70's and think that the 70's were the worst time in history for just about everything in our culture at that time....yet I see kids born in the 80's embracing 70's fashion and other cultural aspects from that time and think it was the greatest moment in pop culture....perception is everything and all things are relative. I personally don't really consider tiki an escape.....i find the whole thing relaxing in tone and creatively inspiring in style but also recognize it as a nostalgia (however imagined) for a time i never knew (except as a youg child on family vacations to florida and what not). These are tough times we face in this country at this moment and even tougher choices....the last thing i want to do is esacpe from it.
Tipsy, WELL WELL WELL WELL said! Yesteryear was never like we see it represented. Well written my friend.
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