"I'm glad you asked that question Gary. I was puzzling over that too.
And the obvious source is Tisna, for the "artist's intent" category -
and us all, for the "audience feedback", and any of us, for the
"critical interpration".

I have no idea where this idea may
have originated specifically in Tisna's mind, in Java or Indonesia,
historically or in the news or as a pun in Javanese / Sundanese, only
associate to two outside influences that did arrive in Indonesia at
different times, both of them being signs of respect - even of worship:


(1) the cultural habit of washing the feet in the near east,
among Jews and I believe also among muslims (and we hear about it in
terms of Jesus washing the feet of the apostles, and also having his
feet washed by Mary M) - and

(2) the touching of feet of
elders and - more elaborately - of gurus in India, and 'lustrating'
(great word, hm?) the feet with various combinations of curds, milk,
honey, sacred water, and making designs with sandalwood paste, etc.,
and showering the feet with flower petals.

So - Tisna! Tell us!
(Or Gary, tell us if you know! And everyone, tell us what your
associations are!) Are you punning on the New Testament story of Jesus?
Are you mixing it with, or rather, alluding to the Indian practice of
gurus (and the idea that liquids used in ritual, is then bottled, and
given or sold to pilgrims? Is / Was this done in Java and Bali too?)

So
are you making fun of the 'worship' of the artist in the current 'hot
market everyone gets rich' climate? (hehehe, see? I did manage to tie
this to "Werner's Topic" - hi Werner! Are you feeling better?) And / or
- are you making fun of us art historians who think artists are
sometimes 'visionaries' (in addition to being clowns, obviously, but
sometimes they are clowns with social daggers in their fake flower
bouquets!).
Salam Hangat dari Kanada, Astri"

"Well, I vote for Jennifer for Queen of Art World Funding - at least in Southeast Asia / Australia if not the world! And Gary as one of your research assistants - and all the water and bottles and other samples bodily and otherwise you need to set up an alternative art market for stimulating things!
And Gary - any ideas on how to link our discussions 'here' and 'there'? Good night all, good morning in your time,
Astri"