Baxter dynamites meaning. He magnifies the next-to-nothing. He ritualizes triviality. He turns the slightest quirk into a sort of cerimony. The petty trials and tribulations of day-to-day life prompt him to mini-sagas of the insurmountable. But if we take a second look at his work, the nub of the problem lies not to much in any confrontation with reality but in the anguish of communication…
