Post #90422 by PolynesianPop on Mon, May 10, 2004 9:04 AM

Wow, all these different theories of why we collect... interesting to say the least. For me, my collection got started through CocoJoe's souvenirs. Every time I went to Hawaii I made it a point to take another CocoJoe's tiki home with me as a representation of my trip. Over time their collective presence on my shelf represented the number of visits and the meaning of each of those respective vists.

Over the years my collection has grown beyond the realm of CocoJoes tikis but their meaning hasn't changed but rather grown --

My collection is now comprised of work done by my friends - a Ku from my bro Danny (Tiki Diablo) made for the Big 'Ol Tiki Bash in 2002 acquired the day he taught me to carve, a Maori from bruddah Gecko made the day we carved together at the Lagoon Room, a Bastard carved by JungleTrader specifically for me because of a comment I made about his work (and traded our creativity a month later), etc... etc...

So for me the answer is no, they're not just tikis (or mugs)... I don't just collect tikis or mugs for the sake of collecting - there's a memory attached to every piece in my collection which makes it that much more meaningful to me.

Sappy I know -- but my collection is a representation of the friendships I've acquired, the events I've attended and the memories I've forged... Good Times, Good Times..

**Poly-Pop ***

He who dies with the most broken mugs WINS!

[ Edited by: PolynesianPop on 2004-05-10 09:05 ]