Julie writes... Do you ever have a vision in your head for a tile and you excitedly pick up a pen and paper and begin to tangle, only to get frustrated that it is not quite turning out how you planned? I have been there before many times. Earlier in my Zentangle journey, I would sometimes just abandon the tile, stashing it away in a “tile graveyard,” telling myself that I would return to it later, knowing deep down that I would not. I used to try and talk myself out of doing this by telling myself, “No mistakes”, but...
In 2007, we started BLOG Zentangle and began our enjoyable series of conversations within our Zentangle community.In reading through these blog posts with their insightful comments, we decided to bring a few of them to your attention from time to time. It is easy, for me anyway, to sometimes think of old information as stale information. But these insights and conversations are anything BUT stale! In 2018, Rick writes... I want your advice. This post contains math. I think it’s right, but I’m not sure.  To all you math wizards (or friends of math wizards), please tell me how I...
Maria writes: I really had to think hard about this, as it has been 20 years that we have been teaching about the importance of the Mosaic. I could picture our first (public) class that Rick and I taught at an IAMPETH (a calligraphy organization) conference. We stood up in front of 100+ people (most of them artists) and spoke for over an hour with no notes, agenda, or plan, only unbridled enthusiasm. After a bit of background of how Zentangle appeared to us, and our reaction to it, we finally began to draw all together. A hush settled across...