Post #386491 by woofmutt on Wed, Jun 11, 2008 7:58 PM

Though a few replies have hit on this what I should have asked were questions along these lines (which I'll add to the top):

So you make Tiki Art, but what you make or the way you make it may not fall within a narrow definition of Tiki Art. Why do you as an artist feel your art qualifies as Tiki Art?

Your work may be so obviously Tiki (say an inch for inch reproduction of a museum piece) that no explanation is needed. Or you may just not give a damn what others think. (Like I said above, I sort of fall into that category.)

And even with a well thought out argument and justification of your reasons there's little that can be done to convince those who have a set of definitions which they aren't interested in expanding.

But stopping to consider your work from an outside perspective is usually always good. And putting it into words so that others can toss off quick jokes about it is becoming the Tiki Central norm.