Maria writes: Hi everyone.  Today’s blog is about “mysaics.” We are all familiar with the word mosaic (in the world of Zentangle). It is a collection of tiles, created by a group of individuals, assembled into a grid for presentation purposes: to admire, to appreciate, to learn from.  But, what would you call a mosaic all made up of only one artist’s tiles?  Mysaic, of course!    It occurred to me that I had never gathered up all (!) my tangles and appreciated the interplay and glow that only a mysaic can deliver.   Well, for me, it was quite an effort to actually find all my tangles. They...

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! In 2018, Rick writes... I want your advice. This post contains math. I think it’s right, but I’m not sure.  To all you math wizards (or friends of math wizards), please tell me how I...

P.S.  [to Molly’s wondrous weed blog] In our Certified Zentangle Teacher seminars, we point out that nature “tangles” in a hollibaugh fashion. When you look at the natural world: branches, leaves of grass, mountain peaks; you notice most are “drawn” one behind the other – in other words, in a hollibaugh fashion. In seminars, we also show examples of “aura” in nature: tree growth rings, ripples in a still pond, and growth lines on shells. But until last week, I had never noticed nature drawing an aura like this in the air. Every morning at 10:00, the Zentangle staff gathers for tea...