"On the Sixth Day of Zentangle . . ."   On the sixth stroke of Zentangle R and M produced,  Tan squares a-dancing It was early 2013, and all was good in Zentangle land. We were beyond busy with many projects but one idea kept coming back to us. People often asked,  "Why don't you use color?"  This is a long conversation but our short answer is that we felt it interrupted focus, particularly for an early practitioner. You had to decide which color, where to put it, picking up the right pen, not mixing up the caps . ....

Julie writes: When I pick up a tile to start tangling, I usually just reach for a blank tile.  I have nothing against the pre-strung tiles but I always savor the act of putting down 4 dots, a border and then my own string. I feel like it is an extension of me. The only exception is when I am tangling on the 3Z tiles. I love the pre-strung 3Z tiles. There are six different strings, and my favorite thing about them is that they all fit together. It was for this reason that I chose the pre strung 3Z tiles...

Rick writes: 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! We invite you to enjoy this tiny tutorial from 2011...                      Begin previous post . . .                   Maria and I were talking about what to do for a blog yesterday. She started...