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.

Saturday, July 23, 2005

Morning After

Well the Opening was not all I had hoped it would be. Maria’s work was good. Andrew played and played well. I saw some old friends I had not run into for years. The gallery space was big, open, and the show was well hung. Hell, the wine was even good. Unfortunately, the crowd never quite reached critical mass. It hit maybe a couple of dozen people at a couple of different points, but I though more people would have come. I did like the building that the gallery is in. It is an old school that now houses a bunch of studios, galleries, and boutiques. There is even a large gallery space that must be open to exhibits. Currently, it is showing the stuff that didn’t make it into the NEO show at the art museum. The worst part is that while some prints sold, I don't think any of the paintings were bought. Typical.

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