You may recall that our dear friend Bijou wrote 24 new Bijouisms for our 2025 Bijou Be Well series. We released a new Bijouism for 21 days straight in May, and our community loved them. But wait... that means there were three new Bijouisms that were not released in May... Today, we release one of those three! When In Doubt, Aura  Maria writes... You might be tired of hearing me talk about “aura,” but please hear me out.When Rick and I were handed this gift (later called Zentangle), we were constantly “winging it.” “How about this?” Or “Let’s try...
Maria writes... I have spoken of this story many times, always with a yearning to experience this dream once again. Can one make this request, along with any hopes of it being answered?So… I had this dream, many years ago, a few times as it happens, and in this dream, I discovered a new and exciting color. This was the most exciting thing that had ever happened to me, and I was grateful. This color was beyond description, like, duh! I could only characterize it with words like mesmerizing, or enlightening. It was just so magnificent. The problem was that...
Maria writes...  Thank you to all our tangle friends around the world for joining us on July 15, 2025, for our second annual International Day of Zentangle. For years, I had dreamed of an event like this. As Zentangle had been graced with an absolutely amaZing international presence, our community yearned for more ways to come together. The images and sounds of the emotional “We Are the World” concert from the 1980's echoed in my thoughts. I thought, what if our Z world came together to tangle at the same time, all over the world? What effects would it...