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K KokoKele Member Joined: Feb 08, 2012 Posts: 93	K KokoKele Posted posted on Thu, Mar 8, 2012 1:05 PM Hey, Aloha: I hope you keep makin' it! I love looking at the posts of people who have more ambition and imagination than myself who keep turning out those neat pieces and sharing their progress. Much mahalos! Two big differences I've noticed between mid-century works and today's works, other than style, is the sense of history behind the earlier pieces and the incredible access to the more recent pieces due to social media. I thoroughly enjoy the posts that dredge up old concept drawings, artwork and photos of earlier tikiana (is that a word?). Part of the delight is the rarity of the documents being shared, and it's really delightful when someone on TC actually knows the people and history behind the images. Today, thanks largely to the internet, AlohaStation can share the progress of a piece, display the finished piece, even sell it if he wants, in almost real time. It takes some of the mystery and discovery out of tiki exploration that existed in earlier days, but this newer element of cataloging and discovering art as it's made is, to me, incredibly fascinating and it allows me to indulge my tiki proclivities on a daily basis. I think that's cool, man! I just want to make it clear that I would never think of applying the "Utter Crap" label, which is strictly personal, to people creating works on this site and displaying them. I save that term for other, more crassly commercial and over-produced pieces of junk. I'm seeing artists in various stages of development here,from novice to master, and I would prefer to give validity to their efforts. I think the "tikiness" of a piece should be able to be discussed in a civil manner, because it helps the tough-skinned and open-minded artist to develop a strong sense of style. Anything that kindly and gently nudges the novice artist toward mastery is a good thing, I think. I feel like I'm hi-jacking this thread, so I'm going to cool down for awhile and let other people talk. I do have one last question, though: If a book was titled "Poly Pop Now," would it generate as much public interest as a book titled "Tiki Art Now?" And, if not, should Tiki simply be called Tiki, no matter what its era of origination? I'm wondering this because I still think of western world Tiki as a fairly deliberately created consumable as well as a lifestyle, and keeping it palatable to the general public will keep the genre alive and thriving. My, how I do go on! Thanks again!

Hey, Aloha:
I hope you keep makin' it! I love looking at the posts of people who have more ambition and imagination than myself who keep turning out those neat pieces and sharing their progress. Much mahalos!

Two big differences I've noticed between mid-century works and today's works, other than style, is the sense of history behind the earlier pieces and the incredible access to the more recent pieces due to social media. I thoroughly enjoy the posts that dredge up old concept drawings, artwork and photos of earlier tikiana (is that a word?). Part of the delight is the rarity of the documents being shared, and it's really delightful when someone on TC actually knows the people and history behind the images. Today, thanks largely to the internet, AlohaStation can share the progress of a piece, display the finished piece, even sell it if he wants, in almost real time. It takes some of the mystery and discovery out of tiki exploration that existed in earlier days, but this newer element of cataloging and discovering art as it's made is, to me, incredibly fascinating and it allows me to indulge my tiki proclivities on a daily basis. I think that's cool, man!

I just want to make it clear that I would never think of applying the "Utter Crap" label, which is strictly personal, to people creating works on this site and displaying them. I save that term for other, more crassly commercial and over-produced pieces of junk. I'm seeing artists in various stages of development here,from novice to master, and I would prefer to give validity to their efforts. I think the "tikiness" of a piece should be able to be discussed in a civil manner, because it helps the tough-skinned and open-minded artist to develop a strong sense of style. Anything that kindly and gently nudges the novice artist toward mastery is a good thing, I think.

I feel like I'm hi-jacking this thread, so I'm going to cool down for awhile and let other people talk. I do have one last question, though:

If a book was titled "Poly Pop Now," would it generate as much public interest as a book titled "Tiki Art Now?" And, if not, should Tiki simply be called Tiki, no matter what its era of origination? I'm wondering this because I still think of western world Tiki as a fairly deliberately created consumable as well as a lifestyle, and keeping it palatable to the general public will keep the genre alive and thriving.

My, how I do go on!

Thanks again!

Post #628105 by KokoKele on Thu, Mar 8, 2012 1:05 PM