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Artmail 120

September 18, 2004

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Aloha all...

It's been a busy time for me...but a fun kind of busy. I take swim breaks with Tashi...

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...and take my reading breaks. Tony Horwitz, for his book Blue Latitudes, had a fun educational plan of "boldly going where Captain Cook has gone before." He "wondered what these places were like today..."

Captain James Cook, was a great explorer, navigator and observer. He carefully wrote his evaluation of the Australian aboriginals he had observed in his concluding paragraph on the subject:

"They may appear to some to be the most wretched people on Earth, but in reality they are far more happier than we Europeans: being wholy unacquainted not only with the superfluous but the necessary Conveniences so much sought after in Europe, they are happy in not knowing the use of them. They live in a Tranquility which is not disturb'd by the inequality of Condition: The Earth and sea of their own accord furnishes them with all things necessary for life....They seem'd to set no Value upon anything we gave them, nor would they ever part with any thing of their own for any one article we could offer them; this in my opinion argues that they think themselves provided with all the necessarys of Life."

Maybe the navigator was pointing out another general direction for the journey through Life. Even Capt. Cook couldn't imagine the extent to which the "superfluous but necessary Conveniences so much sought after" have gotten out of hand since. Less may be better. Aloha works.

Anyway, Kanaloa and I plan to do Kanaloa's Safari around the world in 2005 with a stop in Australia. My plan for the next five years is to visit, photograph and paint at least one Purple Feather Person from each Polynesian island that I am able to visit...with Kanaloa. This is a reasonable adventure for me to attempt during my senior years. It fits in with a longer-range plan by Boomerang Art for AlohaRangs of Hawaii. (It is more fun to paint palm fronds than boomerangs and they are more readily available in the tropics. I am not going to discuss that plan at all at this time). AlohaRangs fits into the Kanaloa's Safari picture by picking up the tab for transportation, accommodations, some supplies, Internet expenses and an occasional per diem. This will be done via AlohaRangs' bank card account for ease of record-keeping of the business travel expenses.

AlohaRangs now has the custodial sponsorships of most of the Purple Feather People who will speak for the sponsors of boomerangart.com...this free website. Kanaloa speaks for AlohaRangs. (The Purple Feather People do not want political, porn, or religious sponsors).

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The ad something like this with link to sponsor's website.

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(I'll continue explaining about this different idea on other web pages later on, but the general idea of what I am attempting follows):

I have planned to paint 99 Polynesian Purple Feather People on carved palm frond bases from selected Polynesian islands. I have created about about 30 from the island of Kaua'i. During the next five years, I hope to complete the 99 PFPs.

The first 30 PFPs were once living at Polihale Beach as coconut palm frond bases...the part that holds the palm frond to the tree. None of the Purple Feather People is "finished" as they are living art. The palm frond has gained a new life as a PFP and being from Polihale, they are alive with the Spirit of Aloha. They are not to be sold as people should not be sold. Custodial sponsorships are another thing.

Kanaloa's Safari is a planned trip to spread a little Aloha around the world and starts at the beginning of 2005. (See here) Nineteen PFPs have been "volunteered" for the custodial sponsorship list to get new custodians. PFP Numbers 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, and 28 are on that list. This PFP page has not been updated, yet. (I will be adding updated PFP photos to this Artmail page later on).

If a PFP is selected by a boomerangart.com sponsor for custodionship, the PFP will then reside where the sponsor chooses. The sponsorship lasts throughout 2005, but the PFP stays with the sponsor until custodianship changes at the sponsor's option. (The sponsor may receive an offer for the PFP that is hard to resist).

These PFPs are like paint on my "palette" for "painting the pictures" into my life. So is "Boomerang Art, the boomerang pro." This picture I'm painting has Boomerang Art as the "tour guide" for Kanaloa (PFP 01) while taking the trip for AlohaRangs. Boomerang Art will be taking many digital photos which he will put online almost weekly in the Artmails of his website. (Here's the story part): He has agreed to take Kanaloa with him and that the photo-expedition will be called "Kanaloa's Safari" IF Kanaloa's people can come up with the funds for transportation, accommodations, some supplies, Internet access and occasional small per diem.

The goal of the Ten PFPs custodial sponsorships is to raise US$10,000 for Kanaloa's Safari travel expenses. Each of the Ten PFPs will have its custodianship transferred after US$1000 is received by Aloha Rangs of Hawaii. First come with a 10% reserve deposit of US$100, gets first pick of the 19 PFP choices.

This whole plan may seem weird, but it is my creation. If it works, great! I'm on my way. If it doesn't work this time, I'll just stay here in my paradise and keep "painting."

I plan to leave Kaua'i for California in the first half of December to celebrate the holidays with my family then begin the safari at the first part of January 2005. When a PFP has been reserved, I will finish it's headband and design and finish painting and coating with acrylic clear then ship to sponsor after payment is completed. Potential sponsors...please don't wait until December to reserve...I'll need some time before I leave for painting.

There is another aspect to the Purple Feather People and their developing lives...Kanaloa will be couchsurfing in the CouchSurfing.com network during the safari. There are many developments to materialize during the PFPs' evolution. The whole project is a different kind of art...it is happening on boomerangart.com early in the game. Stay tuned.

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PFP 02..............................PFP 03....Braidy................................PFP 06

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PFP 07................................PFP 10..................................PFP 11 ..The Alien

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PFP 12.......................................PFP 13........................................PFP 16

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PFP 17........................................PFP 18....................................PFP 19

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PFP 20..........................................PFP 21..............................PFP 22

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PFP 23....................................PFP 25................................PFP 26

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PFP 28

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When I took all the PFPs to Tashi's art show, a lot of the early palm frond faces were left behind. They needed cleaning which I did...then I photographed them.

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Here was an idea that I liked, but it took longer to paint than one would think because of the texture of the palm frond fiber:

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Later, I will also add photos of some of those first palm frond faces (masks) that I painted before I knew what I was doing. The early palm fronds were not prepared properly before I painted them so the paint is peeling on some of them.

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My daughter, Lorilyn, is having an art show this month in Santa Barbara. I spent the 20th putting the drawings online HERE.

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I have some of the early palm frond face starts stored in boxes. I got the idea Thanksgiving Day 1995 at Polihale. (How I got the idea for Polihale Palm Frond Faces)TThe coconut palms are at the Double-Burner Pavilion at Polihale.

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These are the second through the eighth Polihale Palm Frond Faces:

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Makaweli Masks...(maka = eye, weli = glaring, fear).

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In 1996, I did some experimenting. The palm fronds I started with above were already dry. There were other palm fronds still green and juicy. Some I let dry and some I crudely carved while they were still green...then let them dry. They twisted radically as they dried. One became Kanaloa. Some of them got really twisted...like Yfam:

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I also took broken pieces of cowrie shell and stuck them in the mouth of other palm frond faces assuming that the shell pieces would get held in by the drying shrinkage:

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Painted puka shell eyes.

I didn't follow through with that idea, but I painted a bunch of masks and faces without going through the proper preparations. They are just souveniers of fun past palm projects. They are now in pretty bad shape...here are a few mostly not completed:

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