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! Today, on Nancy's birthday, we invite you to revisit this post from 2015 (with update at the end)...                      Begin previous post . . .                     Maria writes: ​When Zentangle appeared to​ us...

Molly writes... Martha, Jane and I recently ventured down to Boone, North Carolina to the Art of Living Retreat Center to teach Zentangle to a group of enthusiastic artists. The campus sits proudly on the top of a mountain. A massive temple-like structure amongst other smaller buildings overlooking the most beautiful vistas that seem to go for hundreds of miles. But there were no vistas upon arrival this time. The weather was thick with fog as we navigated our way there, heavy rains on the horizon due to the hurricane predicted to hit Florida and Georgia. On Thursday afternoon our...

Julie writes... Do you ever have a vision in your head for a tile and you excitedly pick up a pen and paper and begin to tangle, only to get frustrated that it is not quite turning out how you planned? I have been there before many times. Earlier in my Zentangle journey, I would sometimes just abandon the tile, stashing it away in a “tile graveyard,” telling myself that I would return to it later, knowing deep down that I would not. I used to try and talk myself out of doing this by telling myself, “No mistakes”, but...