Rick and Maria write...Ā You cannot focus on tangling and cultivate your fears at the same time. The Zentangle Method offers you the chance to set aside your concerns and fears, even if itās only for the time it takes to tangle your tile. The same scary thing may be there when you finish tangling. But you will be more relaxed and better able to deliberatelyĀ respond to whatever is going on. So, pick a time, perhaps right now. Get out your pen, your paper, your pencil. Get comfortable. Find something to be grateful for. And tangle.Ā When you finish, take...
When Maria and I knew we were going to Taiwan for zenAgain-Asia, we wanted to introduce a new tangle at that special event. While we were in Germany for the first Certified Zentangle Teacher (CZT) seminar in Europe, we took some time to visitĀ friends near Munich. While there, we visited museums and cathedrals and architecture in that beautiful city -- always with an eye out for patterns and possibly a new tangle. As you may know, we found just such a pattern on some china (appropriately).Ā That pattern became a new pattern we namedĀ hollis. The other day, I noticed the...
When I take a picture, I look for beauty in my viewfinder.Ā If Iām taking a picture of a person, I look for an uplifting part of their personality. And whatever the subject, I work towards a pleasing geometry of scene. I donāt over-think my shots because I expect that as soon as I look through my viewfinder, I will get inspiration for what to do. And if I donāt, I donāt force it. Sometimes I see a picture of an interesting location and I go there with my camera. But I donāt go to take the same picture that...