This email just came in: “Hi there. I’m from the UK and obsessed with watching Zentangle videos, but I don’t know where to start. I see you do lettering and would love to have some done for my friends. [She lists five names.]“Could you please make these as I'm too scared I’ll make mistakes.” Thank you so much for writing that email! Coincidentally, Maria and I were just talking about “right” answers. I appreciate your question because it brings out some core ideas behind the Zentangle Method. My upbringing included the idea that there are predetermined proper and improper ways...

Maria writes... My concern lately, has been finding good homes for the multitude of (amaZing) pieces of Zentangle art the I have at home.  I try to put out as many of my tiles as humanly possible so that I, as well as others, can admire, study, but not forget about them.  I love that our home is pretty much a “museum of fine art”, taking friends, as well as strangers, on tours.  But, even for me, this gets difficult: there is only so much wall space available.  So, what is a good docent to do? It can be difficult at...

What Is Creativity?  Authors and poets describe creativity with insight and eloquence. Rather than add yet another description, I take a different approach and describe what creativity is not.First, some definitions (from Merriam Webster online): creativity 1. the ability to create2. the quality of being creativecreative1. marked by the ability or power to create2. having the quality of something created rather than imitatedcreate1. to bring into existencecreation 1. the act of creating   Creativity is not a Copy The Zentangle Method is all about patterns. We deconstruct both familiar and novel patterns into their elemental strokes. Then we teach how to reconstitute...