Maria writes: We all really enjoyed Bijou’s 21 video salute to wellness this past May. Our daughter, Molly, proposed the concept. Jen and Julie (and Bijou) took the idea by the reigns and led the way. It required our whole team to come together to make the event a success. Molly’s vision for the video series was to revisit our Zentangle roots and offer our videos without any sound. It is, after all, how we started teaching the Zentangle Method some 19 years ago.  We felt the instructions should be simple enough to teach without saying a word.  Well, time passes,...

 In 2014, we were thrilled to announce a new member of the Zentangle Community. It was a celebratory time when Bijou the snail slowly and lovingly glided his way into our hearts and lives. We immediately fell in love with the unique character Bijou shared with us, and most of all we all, we embraced the stories and messages Bijou has told us that align with the Zentangle Method. As we move along on this tangled journey we have learned, when Bijou speaks, we listen.In this Blog series we explore some of our favorite thoughts, quotes, stories and Bijou-isms. Enjoy! ---+---...

Bijou and I were talking the other day about how Maria and I say that creativity comes from the heart.  Bijou said, “I think creativity comes THROUGH the heart.” “What do you call a well where the water flows out naturally under its own pressure?” asked Bijou. “An artesian well,” I replied. “How do you spell that?” “A-R-T-E-S-I-A-N” “How do you spell heart?” “H-E-A-R-T” “Do you see it?” asked Bijou. At first I didn’t, then . . . “YES! They both have A-R-T!” “I have an idea for a new word . . . put “heart” and “artesian” together and...