Nature Also Auras

Thank you for the glimpse of the twin tendrils which caught your eye.

Nature, Friends, Family fellow Tanglers and CZTs are constantly enlightening me to see anew! What utter bliss!

After discovering Zentangle I had opportunity to explore Seattle. You are so right! Tangle patterns everywhere!!

It reminded me of one of those avant-garde contemporary film snippets (possibly drug induced films) where in some sort of hallucinogenic manner things are enhanced and far more obvious than normal. I knew I would have many return trips to the Pacific Northwest. So I wasn’t concerned that I had been so distracted with my overt focus on architectural and natural patterns. When I visited New Orleans and Savannah, Georgia I was prepared for this. I made a concerted effort to sight see and experience all the moments as I didn’t see I’d get a chance to be there again! As artists our eyes become opened. Our souls yearn to be touched and made better by beauty and hope! I too am deeply grateful for all the goodness in the world and the gift of art all around!

Isn’t it neat how tangles draw off the beauty of nature. I like trying to recreate patterns from nature.

I have always seen patterns everywhere since I was a child! In nature, in rocks, bugs, birds, bees, stones, the quilts on my bed, the wallpaper and curtains in my bedroom, even the patterns behind my eyes when I closed them ti go to sleep! I began drawing as soon as I could hold a pencil, and I’ve never stopped. I sketched, doodled, and played with lines and patterns. I took art classes all thru grade and high school, and art history electives in college. But earned a BS in Business, because everyone told me I couldn’t earn a living as an artist! So when I signed up for a Zentangle class at our local senior center, long after I retired, I took to it like a duck to water! I felt like I had come full circle! I intuitively knew how to make lines, curves, auras, and draw behind! I’d been doing it all my life. Thank you, Rick and Maria, for developing your methods and for sharing it with the world!

Beauty and tangles are everywhere, especially in nature. We just have to take the time and the attitude to see it.

Hi Rick,
Thank you for your beautiful thoughts on nature’s auras.
Monday night, my family & I drove quickly along the interstate to try to catch a concert two towns
away that had been rained out in June. Suddenly the skies darkened and a squall ensued. Surely that would cause the concert to be rained out again. Interstates aren’t safe places turn around, so we went on to the exit. Meanwhile, the clouds parted to reveal what would be hard to see almost anywhere but the elevation of the highway: stretching across the entire span of sky, an enormous, perfect arc of rainbow, with each of its colors auraing those beside it!
By the time we exited the highway, the skies had cleared enough to coax us on to the concert grounds: it was on!
And what a wonderful concert it was! That rainbow, like a parenthesis of prismatic light, had auraed a memorable performance. Its appearance seemed to be a signal that the outdoor music could go on after all!

Thanks , Rick, for that amazing wisteria tendrils photo . I too, see things in different light now . Zentangle has changed my outlook in my everyday life 🙏🏻🙏🏻😍😍

“Music” for the eyes. Patterns, auras, hollibaughs, repetitions, spirals…all of nature sings if we just make ourselves aware.

The comments on this post are some of the best I have read in terms of expressing how we see tangles in the real world.

Reading all these comments, I’m thinking another reason to introduce new folks to Zentangle is to broaden their vision to see all these patterns in nature or other environments. We are avid cruisers and have found newer ships’ carpets and upholstery to contain familiar tangles, especially Mooka and Printemps. And even such mundane things as manhole covers in different countries contain now-familiar patterns. Zentangle I think expands one’s capacity to see patterns everywhere.

Dear Rick,dear Maria! I wanted to thank you so much for helping me to go through a hard period of my life.

I started to tangle years ago but just did it regularly when I didn’t feel good.
Now, while I am waiting for my my Back surgery I tangle regularly and it T helps me

Once you get your eyes opened to the world and truly ‘see’, there are patterns/tangles everywhere. In nature, water land, plants etc and in buildings and other structural things. Literally everywhere! Just ‘see’ and be in awe of the world and I do thank Zentangle for helping with that!

Thanks for the reminder to slow down and notice the beauty of the patterns in nature.

Check out David Attenborough’s Facebook page and search for crown shyness, canopy disengagement, or inter-crown spacing. As soon as I saw it, I said, what an amazing natural aura.

Thank you for your story about gratitude and nature. Gratitude and mindful observations make the world a magical place. Thanks for sharing!

I always say, “God is an artist.” I notice the various colors and patterns all around me, and remind myself how fortunate I am!

People look at me strangely when I talk to the insects and animal life around me. I live in the mountains of New Mexico and appreciate the abundance of life all around me.

Good ole’ Mother Nature , Good ole’ Tangling. Thanx for the nature comparison to Rick and the rest of the Zentangle HQ Crew. DesignAWorkOfHeart soon to be CZT 42 Virtual. ❤️ Valerie

This morning I’m tangling from Yosemite … Endless inspiration in nature all around. Thanks for reminding me to take a closer look.

I am always in awe when I see natural patterns. Mother Nature was the first Tangler among all of us.

Thanks Rick. After reading blog, I looked out though a friends patio to a tree for the hollibaugh effects. But what I saw through double screened doors were not the square patterns in a screen, but they looked like Diva waves. Curious I stood up and looked straight out & the Diva pattern did not occur nor did it occur when looking through only one screen. When I sat back in my chair, I realized I was on a slight angle and that is when the combo screen appears Diva-ish. Some though for this morning, visiting a friend a hot, hot, hot Florida.

My Zentangle practice has certainly opened me up to noticing so many details around me. One of many gifts of the Zentangle way of creating!

Wow! That’s pretty cool!!!

Thank you for these thoughts, Rick! The patterns and balance in nature are so elegant, and – as others have reflected in this post – I also see so many patterns in my mind at all hours of the day. I can’t wait to get in my studio in the mornings to put them on paper. I hadn’t thought about the auras in tree rings and other parts of nature. Now I know I’ll see them everywhere!

Nature has always been my first and favorite teacher.

I thought I was crazy but after reading the above comments, I feel normal now. I too see tangles everywhere! When I attended the CZT 34 this summer, I took a picture of the wallpaper in the bathroom & when I returned home to Michigan, I tangled the pattern, which looked like a bunch of shells, like mussels? I can’t believe that the world is full of tangles!