April 27, 2012

The Last Visible Dog

For years this childhood memory has haunted me, but the weirdest thing was I could not remember what it was from.  Often I would ask people if they remember "The Infinite Dog" but no soap.  Honestly, I began to think I had dreamt it up myself.  But just the other day, I was looking up psychedelic animation on You Tube and a suggestion popped up for the 1970s animated film "The Mouse and His Child."  This film used to play all the time on the Disney Channel when I was a kid.  And then it all came back and hit me like a ton of existential bricks:

"Note well an endlessness of little dogs receding to a regressive diminution to a revelation of the ultimate truth...  Somewhere beyond the smallest dog, the last of them is-- infinity!"

The image horrified me so much, I can't even explain it.  Perhaps it was the super-creepy original illustration of the dog.  Or maybe animated films from the 70s were all designed to terrify small children. 

3 comments:

flashfox said...

Haha wow. Thanks to your description I found it on youtube and you're RIGHT its horribly creepy and trippy!

Lady Attercop said...

THANK YOU! The Infinite Dog has been haunting my subconscious for years. I now have a name for my nightmare fuel.

Joanna Davidovich said...

Guys, I am so glad it wasn't just me.