Post #674542 by Tiki Shark Art on Mon, Apr 15, 2013 10:34 PM

GROG...
....I KNOW! I'm so proud of ERIC!
What happened was, We were at "Tikis & Terror's 2", had dinner, & were drinking from a scorpion bowl with two other folks, and I was telling Eric how he should paint tikis, that he'd be a natural... and with a name like "Eric October"! Sheesh, - this guys got talent, a really catchy name, a winning personality, - he's gonna be huge in the LA art scene... but, Eric was thinking that, well, it's not my culture... and, I think I said something like "What are you talking about? You love coming to Tiki Culture Art shows, and Tiki Restaurants, you love old monster movies, You LOVE the Disney Tiki Room, and Godzilla, - you thrive on pop-culture! I'm not telling you to paint "Historical Hawaiian Culture", of course that's not your area of interest or expertise, I'm asking you to paint YOUR vision of Tiki-Pop-Culture..."

...and luckily that was enough to plant a seed in his extremely fertile brain. Eric has always inspired ME! He can make anything. I'm so happy that I was able to inspire him back for once...and now he's expanded the limits of Tiki-culture! If I never did anything good in my life, at least I know that I helped Eric October discover Tiki Culture, and the rest is gonna' go down in pop-culture history! Hoo-Ray Eric! U RAWK!