Post #61828 by McDougall on Mon, Nov 24, 2003 8:59 AM

Mmmmm, maybe your right, maybe "closed minded" was a poor choice. Just trying to show my displeasure for the bashing of some very good local artists. It seems (to me) that a type of art was being pigeonholed and ridiculed. Kinda like someone ridiculing all of Rock or Hip Hop or classical music in one swoop, a bit closed minded, no? Some of the comments have seemed elitist to me, saying one type of Tiki is somehow better or cooler or whatever, I've seen the same here with art. I'm annoyed by that. I don't want to come across to harsh either, just a discussion. I'm not calling anyone closed minded or trying to insult, apologies if I did. As far as are people copying Waynes work all over Florida? I don't see that at all. All carvers will be inspired other art, maybe it's Wayne or Moai or Gecho or likely a combination of many.