Quienes es mas Tiki? - Beyond Tiki

GT Geeky Tiki Member Las vegas Joined: Oct 15, 2002 Posts: 533	GT Geeky Tiki Posted posted on Tue, Dec 9, 2003 10:40 AM On 2003-12-09 10:26, emspace wrote: [i]On 2003-12-08 21:42, Geeky Tiki wrote: Lennox Lewis - dreads, chess playing, British accent - Tiki. Tony Hawk - effortless execution of moves that would split my spine, then graciously showing others how to try the maneuver - Tiki. A good tail gate party with mai Tais and grilled meats - Tiki. Geeky, your definition of "Tiki" is WAY TOO BROAD!!! Dreads? Breitish accent, chess? Skateboarding? Tailgate party? I am gonna cry, man! Try this: real or faux/kitsch Polynesian culture, esp. as practiced by non-Polynesians. Simple, straight up, no dreadlocks (what would Rastafarians think?), no British accents, no pickup trucks, and NO skateboarding. Just because you like it doesn't make it Tiki. What, "Blade Runner" is Tiki cuz I say so? Playing Quake 3 Arena till I go carpal is Tiki cuz I say so? Fugeddaboudit! em. Em, Tiki for me is more than kitsch object accumulation. Tiki is sort of an anachronistic relationship to its time period. You know, vibrant jungle scenes with primitive lodgings pictured with a jet flying overhead......the sounds of an exotica album played on a CD in my home....primitive floral images melded with synthetic fiber to make an aloha shirt. Tiki is a feeling of time that is both in the present and out of it. A different synch, so to speak. So, a chess playing heavyweight boxer or a world class athlete who takes the time to teach others the beauty of what he does on a board is Tiki to me. Your playing first person shooter games until you are sore is actually quite in synch with the times and current character of society. I would not call that Tiki. Watching Blade Runner on an old "Space Age" black and white tube TV while sipping Rum drinks could be very Tiki! Especially if you wheeled that TV outside on a warm night and watched in a lounge chair! Hope that made sense, Em.

On 2003-12-09 10:26, emspace wrote:

[i]On 2003-12-08 21:42, Geeky Tiki wrote:

Lennox Lewis - dreads, chess playing, British accent - Tiki.

Tony Hawk - effortless execution of moves that would split my spine, then graciously showing others how to try the maneuver - Tiki.

A good tail gate party with mai Tais and grilled meats - Tiki.

Geeky, your definition of "Tiki" is WAY TOO BROAD!!! Dreads? Breitish accent, chess? Skateboarding? Tailgate party? I am gonna cry, man!

Try this: real or faux/kitsch Polynesian culture, esp. as practiced by non-Polynesians. Simple, straight up, no dreadlocks (what would Rastafarians think?), no British accents, no pickup trucks, and NO skateboarding. Just because you like it doesn't make it Tiki. What, "Blade Runner" is Tiki cuz I say so? Playing Quake 3 Arena till I go carpal is Tiki cuz I say so?

Fugeddaboudit!

em.

Em, Tiki for me is more than kitsch object accumulation.

Tiki is sort of an anachronistic relationship to its time period.

You know, vibrant jungle scenes with primitive lodgings pictured with a jet flying overhead......the sounds of an exotica album played on a CD in my home....primitive floral images melded with synthetic fiber to make an aloha shirt.

Tiki is a feeling of time that is both in the present and out of it. A different synch, so to speak.

So, a chess playing heavyweight boxer or a world class athlete who takes the time to teach others the beauty of what he does on a board is Tiki to me.

Your playing first person shooter games until you are sore is actually quite in synch with the times and current character of society. I would not call that Tiki.

Watching Blade Runner on an old "Space Age" black and white tube TV while sipping Rum drinks could be very Tiki! Especially if you wheeled that TV outside on a warm night and watched in a lounge chair!

Hope that made sense, Em.

Post #63983 by Geeky Tiki on Tue, Dec 9, 2003 10:40 AM