QuaxiDanto

QuaxiDanto: If you speak K'ekchi, you know what it means, but don’t understand. K'ekchi is a Mayan dialect spoken in, among other places, Belize. I made several extended trips into the high bush in southern Belize at the end of the last century with a bunch of K'ekchis who gave me the nickname Danto, which means Tapir. That name had been taken so I added the modifier Quaxi, which means crazy. What does CrazyTapir mean as far as the title of my blog? Whatever!

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I am an enigmatic anachronism, facing the world jaded and uncomfortably impressed. My chosen profession is archaeology, which turns out to be way more tedious than cool. I race yachts, hang with the bohemian artist crowd, and vacation at ancient Maya cities. Its no wonder I usually feel out of place, and am oh-so-pleased to be different (even if it is not in a good way). Why TOC?: I was participating through emails in a call-in radio show that didn’t accept phone calls (it’s college radio, which covers a multitude of sins). The host had a friend named Chuck who also wrote into the show so they started referring to me as “the other Chuck.” I started signing my emails TOC (The Other Chuck). A little later I started posting to a blog that was running live during the next program in the lineup and then a couple of other places and have just kind of stuck with it as a screen name. Again, whatever dude.

Friday, July 22, 2005

Maria Winiarski’s opening in Little Italy


I tanked on volleyball and opted for eight hours of sleep. It seems like quite some time since I have even got half of that. Tonight is Maria’s opening. I have seen prints of most of the stuff and a lot of it in progress. I am looking forward to it. It is at the e gordon gallery probably starting around 6:00 PM. There will be original oils and prints available and I'm sure wine and cheese, etc. Her work is primarily figural, stylized, symbolic, and spiritually charged. Seraphim, which is not in the show, is a good example of her work. I actually purchased this piece and gave it as a wedding present.

Maria is a good friend and I have been privy to her creative process. Something that is a true gift she shared. I had a roommate that let me in on some of it during college. It’s not as personal as sex, or anything like as much fun, but it is a good feeling to be involved with something so personal to somebody else. It isn’t the same as music or theater ensembles, although that is a similar kind of sharing of emotion and artistic vision. Maybe something more akin to cooking a good meal with a person you love, although I was way less involved in the painting than I am when I am in the kitchen. Anyway, it will be nice to hit a show somewhere new. I have been in a real rut with the gallery thing. Mostly at Doubting Thomas and Asterisk because Theresa and Dana are friends and that is in no way saying anything bad about them or their galleries. It will just be nice to go somewhere new.

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