It's Still A Chihuahua Stupid!

"Ah - good taste! What a dreadful thing! Taste is the enemy of creativeness."

-Pablo Picasso

Here, as promised, is a picture of my latest artwork gone awry! LOL. I swear, I thought it was a cat. LOL. The lady at the glaze studio was so sweet, she just grinned and admitted it looked a little like a cat to her as well. Tee Hee. I guess the customer is always right. Oh well, the real point to the day out was to have fun, and I did, I enjoyed the creative outlet a lot, so I think I will be going back to make something else soon. Next time I will take pictures so I can share it with you here. I have the perfect piece in mind... a nice vase... at least I think it's a vase... for all I know it might be a candelabra. LOL. Or a horse!

(Insert crossed eyes here)

You can read more about this adventure here.

-Carly
"Zen Chihuahua"
Berkeley, California
February 8, 2009
Morning

It's A Chihuahua Stupid!

"Anyone who has never made a mistake, has never tried anything new."

-Albert Einstein



I took a couple days off from blogging this week, to relax a little bit, do some errands and take care of some business IRL (in real life). It was good to step away from the computer and just breathe a little. Alan had Tuesday and Wednesday off, so we were to spend both days together. We tried to do all the errands on Tuesday, so that we could have Wednesday free to have fun. We got almost everything done, except for some banking I needed to do. So, that meant that Wednesday was all ours!

Over breakfast Wednesday morning, I asked Alan what he wanted to do. "How about we finally go to the glaze studio?" Yikes... the glaze studio! I don't know why, but I have been avoiding doing that for at least 2 years. It sounded like fun, but I always came up with some reason to avoid trying it. Who knows why. Alan thought it would be fun and different to go there and make a plate or a bowl or a mug, but it just didn't really seem like something I wanted to do. But since we take turns choosing what we do together on his days off, and it was his turn to choose, I decided to be a good Joe and so off to the pottery shop we went.

It was a smallish shop, but the selection was nice, and the room was really well lit and bright. Alan chose a mug off the shelf on cleaned pottery, and I browsed a bit, finally deciding on a small cat figurine. I thought it would be fun to paint a little Dylan that I could put on my desk. I had it all worked out in my head. A figurine of Dylan this time, and I would make one of Hendrix on my next visit. Yep, it was a plan! I picked out the colors, the brushes, and a stencil of the Chinese symbol for Peace & Balance. I thought it would be creative, and a nice tribute to Dylan, to put that on the back of the kitty, to represent what Dylan means to me. He is a very peaceful creature, and when we cuddle I feel comfortable and balanced.

Excellent. It was a plan!

As I painted my kitty, we talked about what we might do the rest of the day. It was getting close to lunchtime, and I was beginning to feel hungry, so I suggested that when we were done, it might be nice to go out for a nice lunch of burritos or maybe a Taco salad. He agreed. Again it was a plan. I don't know why, but I was really hungry for Mexican food. Yummy.

Just as I was putting the finishing touches on my kitty, Alan remarked on how big the ears were on my figurine were. I hadn't noticed, but when I looked closer, I saw that they were... kinda large for a cat. Oh well, Dylan has big pink ears, so that would make it all the more realistic! Right? When we took our pieces to the counter to pay for them, the lady smiled and rang them up.

"Let's see... 1 large coffee mug, and 1 Chihuahua figurine."

Chihuahua?

"It's a Chihuahua figurine, not a cat?" I asked.

"Ummm... yes... It's a Chihuahua," snickered the lady at the glaze studio.

Well... that explains my hunger for Mexican food!

ROFL.

I really need to get out of the house more often!



I can't even tell the difference between a cat and a chihuahua!

Alan and I laughed and laughed at my mistake. It felt good to poke fun at my silly myself. I swear, that little dog, looked like a cat to me! I will get the piece back in a couple weeks, and I will post a photo of it. You'll see. A Mexican dog, painted to look like an orange tabby cat, with the Chinese symbol of Peace and Balance on it's back! LOL. It's an original Carly to be sure.

:)


Stay Tuned!


-Carly

You Just Never Know...

"If we don't change our direction we're likely to end up where we're headed."

-Chinese Proverb

Isn't that cute? Tee Hee. I found this window the other day, while on my travels around Berkeley, and I just had to snap off a photo. "Wolf House" with a chihuahua in the window. LOL. It's graduation time in Berkeley, and there are lots and lots of old mattresses and dressers lining the streets, as kids either go onto greener pastures, or go home for the summer. Lots of changes going on. Soon, the redecorating will begin. It will be quite around the campus for the next couple months, and then one day I will begin to see the sofas sitting in front of dorms and the Greek houses. That signals the beginning of autumn. :) Ok, I can admit it, I find it all kind of fun to watch. Yes "Ms. Doesn't Like Change" can admit, some change is good. Like with my blog.

I am not sure if you have noticed, but I have dropped the "Suddenly Carly" and gone back to it's original name of "Ellipsis." I don't know... it just never seemed to catch on. I saw folks continuing to call it just "Ellipsis" so why fight it? :) It's a cool name all on it's own. It works for me. While I was making the decision to go back the original name, I also decided that now might be a good time to do some template tweaking as well. So, excuse the construction. I will be putting my sidebar links in a little at a time, so no worries, if you aren't there now, you will be added back soon. I promise. If you haven't been on my sidebar, but would like to be, send me an email and I will see what I can do. Like I said, I am going to take my time getting used to the new template. Hopefully I will be finished by the end of the summer. :) In the mean time, please bear with me. I might cut myself a bit of a break by showing a little more YouTube, but I promise it will be something fun, or worth looking at. Heck, maybe I will make a video and upload it for an entry... you just never know. Stay Tuned.

-OndineMonet
"Wolf House" Berkeley, California