I used to have a fantastic little video bookmarked, but I can't find
it anywhere. It's of an eggy-shaped line drawn guy with a goofy dog.
I'm pretty certain the name is Perspective. The horizon line and lines
of they guy's house turn all different kinds of ways, while the dog
frolics around. There are no words, the music is a bouncy jazz thing. 
At the very end, the main character attains "nirvana" and ascends into
some kind of Hindu-y looking cloud.  I think the author is female, if
that helps.  It was posted in 2003-2004 on a website with a bunch of
other user-submitted videos with a kid-safe category.

I'm going out on a limb here. The short animated film that I think
you're remembering is "Fetch!" by Nina Paley. It's one of my
favorites.

You can watch "Fetch!" here:

Nina Paley: Fetch
http://www.ninapaley.com/Fetch!/fetch1.html

Or here:

TransBuddha: Fetch
http://www.transbuddha.com/mediaHolder.php?id=1683

Or here (this took a LONG time to load, but it worked for me):

ClusterFunction: Fetch
http://clusterfunction.com/video/ninapaleydotcom/Fetch/fetchsoundSorensen.mov

Lots of neat stuff related to Nina Paley may be found on her website:

Nina Paley
http://www.ninapaley.com

I hope this is exactly what you're looking for! If this isn't the
right film, please request clarification, and I'll gladly resume the
quest. If you can't get any of these links to work, let me know, and
I'll try to find "Fetch!" elsewhere.

Best regards,
pinkfreud

YES! You SO nailed it. This has been bugging for such a long time --
Since Wired took the videos off their website. You ROCK!