Written by Thiele and a little bit of Molly... “Rerouting,” “Rerouting.” The message that pops up on our GPS when we take a wrong turn… I can almost hear the AI voice in my head as I type that word. GPS is an amazing technological advancement… allowing us to get from Point A to Point B seamlessly… as long as we are paying attention. And possibly the best part is that the moment you take a wrong turn, the “bot” says… “rerouting” … and directs you back to the fastest path to your destination. The question is: do we always...
Julie writes... For over twenty years, Zentangle, Inc. has grown and evolved beyond our wildest dreams. As we climb aboard the Zentangle Time Machine this year, we’re delighted to look back not only at the big, shining milestones but also at the many small moments that quietly carried us to where we are today. When we reflect on the decisions made and paths taken as a company, we often discover that inspiration arrived from unexpected places or that we were laying the foundation for something long before we realized it. With that spirit in mind, we gathered to consider what...
Julie writes... For many weeks now, we’ve been talking a lot about the Renaissance. Renaissance tangling, the Renaissance era, and Renaissance art in general. In Zentangle Project Pack No. 28, we drew (both literally and figuratively) inspiration from one of the great Renaissance masters, Leonardo da Vinci, and brought those ideas to our tiles. When we talk about Renaissance-style tangling, we’re usually referring to working on mid-tone paper, which invites us to explore both light and dark in the same space. But in all this Renaissance talk, we haven’t spent much time on the other definition of the word:Renaissance (n):...