Shag’s Hawaii Style
Honolulu is a land of adventure, and it’s a place that’s desperately in need of conscious appreciations, where the links between the biodiversity in the area and the survival of the species are more concrete. At least for outsiders, because it’s something that the locals seem to have understood for a few generations now. It’s still one of the most magnificent spots on the planet, and visiting can bring an amazing sense of calm and wonder.
With the next wave of greening on the planet now in motion, it’s a good time to learn more about these places, and to understand their precarious balance in the scheme of things. Travelers coming to spend some time enjoying the great lodgings in Honolulu can experience all the wonder and still leave knowing more than when they came. This could be an important generation in terms of Hawaii’s history, and it would be a good benefit for the planet if consciousness was more widespread about these issues.
There is something of a fad for conspicuous consumption here, or at least, that’s the image that gets projected to the world, but it doesn’t have to be a living idea. The work of graphic artist Josh Agle is one fascinating place where image and reality can balance in a very unsettling way. The artist grew up here and in Southern California, where he is now based, and there are plenty of stereotypical Hawaiian themes running through his work.
The cartoon characters in his world are always consuming, eating, drinking, using lots of gas, and are seen at the most stylish spaces and having the most stylish of adventures. Shag , as he is better known, makes these worlds with a careful eye to situate them in an imaginary past. When we look at the colors and the patterns, it’s a brilliant moment for the eye and the mind. We see things that we like to see, and want to be the people in the scenes he’s creating, but it takes a little time before it sinks in that this is a vapid universe, and the smiles on the people are phony. Or, if there’s anything genuine happening here, it’s always being watched by wolves.
These are careful artistic statements, presenting an irony that is never enough in itself, and seem to be provoking the viewer toward reflection, and even action.
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