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...

Julie writes...I remember as a little girl keeping diaries and taking great care to make sure I hid them from prying eyes (my older sister). Horrified by the idea that she would learn my inner most thoughts – which less face it, at that age, it was probably me complaining about her or being the forgotten middle child (I will get over it, someday…). As an adult, I still keep a journal. I keep multiple journals, actually. I keep a journal to document memories that one day I might want to look back on. I keep a gratitude journal. For the...

From an email: “One of my students asked about the Zentangle logo. Where does it come from? What does the logo mean?  “I heard from one of my CZT [Certified Zentangle Teacher] friends that it was inspired by a Chinese character "口" which means "mouth", but it means also "enter". And Rick and Maria wanted to show "the enter of Zentangle" with the logo...? Sounds really beautiful but I'm not sure if this is correct or not. "I want to tell my students the correct information and would greatly appreciated it if you could help me with this question." Thank...