Ugly Fish
Ugly Fish: Anatu, hand formed, ceramic wall sculpture by Tammy Vitale
Well folks, there is only so much time in the day and I’m past my bed time and haven’t posted yet. If morning pages take first precedence, then the day takes over and here it is almost 10 pm and I haven’t posted.
So I’m playing catchup and posting some of the Ugly Fish, each of which has his or her own name. And I can’t tell which is which, so I guess that makes them adrogenes.
Here are, in order, Arethusa, Atl and Calder.
Followed by Tallulah and Inna. There are more, but that’s it for today. Don’t you love the name "Tallulah"? Isn’t it just perfect?
thought for the day: Very few writers really know what they are doing until they’ve done it. nor do they go about their business felling dewy and thrilled. They do not type a few stiff warm-up sentences and then find themselves bounding along like huskies across the snow. One writer I know tells me that he sits down every morning and says to himself nicely, "It’s not like you don’t have a choice, because you do – you can either type or kill yourself." We all often feel like we are pulling teeth, even those writers whose prose ends up being the most natural and fluid. the right words and sentences just do not come pouring out like ticker tape most of the time. Now, Muriel Spark is said to have felt that she was taking dictation from God every morning…But this is a very hostile and aggressive position. One might hope for bad things to rain down on a person like this. Anne Lamott, Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Posted in Pix of New Work
Tags: ceramic, hand made, sculpture, ugly fish







February 27th, 2007 at 11:26 pm
great fish! i love their expressions.
and man, that quote is great.
February 28th, 2007 at 8:06 am
Awesome quote! Love the whole driven to create deal. You are obvioulsy one of those. Off to play in paint myself, this morning. I LOVE Io, btw. Peace.
February 28th, 2007 at 1:05 pm
Great ugly fish and I love Tallulah – it fits v. well!
February 28th, 2007 at 3:49 pm
LOL I love the fishes!!! Tallulah is an awesome name, but so is Calder… his name is growing on me!
"One might hope for bad things to rain down on a person like this. "
Hahahaha thanks for the chuckle, that was an awesome quote!
February 28th, 2007 at 8:37 pm
Those fish are interesting. I'll have to check back posts to see how you came up with the thought of "ugly" fish. LOVE the name Tallulah. Do the names have significance? Some seem Native American?
February 28th, 2007 at 11:14 pm
Don't you just love Anne Lamott? She is irreverent and real at the same time…
I love these fish! They have personality and attitude!
March 2nd, 2007 at 4:16 am
How did I miss this? I LOVE these fish – they're great!
March 6th, 2007 at 5:28 am
Oh those fish! They make me smile
Tee Hee! I love them.
Hope you are keeping well, been whispering your name when I light my candles xx