It is hard to believe another year has come and gone. As we look back on 2023, we are filled with gratitude for the Zentangle Community and the peace, calm and camaraderie that you bring. One of our favorite ways to connect with the Zentangle community is through our blog. In 2023, we shared 52 posts and you all joined us in thought provoking, problem solving, and Zentangle inspired conversations. Today we share our top 5 blogs of 2023 with you all. If you've already read them, we think they are worth visiting again. If you missed these the first time around,...

In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month and our collaboration with UMass MIND of the University of Massachusetts Medical School, we would like to share studies around the general benefits of creating art and the use of the Zentangle Method for individuals with serious mental illness. If you are an avid tangler, you may not need another excuse to tangle, but here are some benefits of creating art:  Engaging in visual arts has been shown to improve emotional regulation, or the control we have over our emotional state in a diverse range of stressful situations, as well as overall well-being...

Julie writes… In conversations with other tanglers and in blog posts, I have always shared that my Zentangle journey does not involve learning all the tangles. I tend to use the same tangles again and again and I have always been content with that. This does not mean that I don’t like to try new tangles but I tend to know right away if I like a tangle or not. Or, do I? There have been plenty of times in which I have written off a tangle as “not for me” only to end up loving that tangle in the...