Maria writes…
Dear Tanglers,
Did you know that there are specific and different names for groups of creatures? Really! And really interesting names – some unexpected, some funny, some apropos, and some, most certainly are not.
A swarm of bees.
A pride of lions.
An unkindness of ravens.
A pack of wolves.
A murder of crows.
I was thinking about this the other day and I realized that we do not have a specific name for a group of tangles . . . or for that matter, for a group of tanglers! How could that possibly be right? How did we survive this long (17 years!)?
Well, I think it is certainly time to remedy this situation. Of course, we decided that you, our beloved Zentangle community, should be the ones to do this.
So . . . your mission is to come up with names for
A GROUP OF TANGLES
And
A GROUP OF TANGLERS
And, perhaps the story about how you came up with the names; and the wonderful staff here at ZTHQ will choose a name!
We will have most excellent prizes for this, possible including a copy of the artwork shown above! So, don’t hold back! We will announce the winners in next week’s blog
So, put on your thinking caps and give it a think!
We can’t wait to hear what you came up with.
Kim Springer on
Kim Springer on
Oh I saw that word used in an email and I thought it was perfect for a group of tangles!! They look lush! They are lush all together! It’s perfect! 😍
Missy Keller on
How many can we submit?
A focus of tangles, a concentration of tanglers.
Betsey Youngs on
A group of tangles is a Zen.
A group of tanglers is called The Zenettes.
Quwatha Valentine on
Claire on
I would propose :
A relaxation of Tanglers (as the example given for animals, this “relaxation” word is not supposed to be used like this, but sounds good to me , perfectly linked to the method !
A border of Tangles : the border delimits a space where to collect tangles, but as we are allowed to cross the border, other tangles can join within the border initially defined ;-)
I enjoyed take some minutes for that reflexion, thanks !
celine Micout on
Love this. Thinking of the lovely interactions and inspirations… a web of tangles and a hub, convergence, network, or inspiration of tanglers.
Danielle DeRome on
Kimberly Barber on
uniontangle,
spiritanglers
Gloria Jezzini on
Kathy Y. on
Zenstep ( group)
Barb on
Mary Illana Perrin CZT on
A Group of Tanglers is A “Tranzen” of Tanglers
When a group of Tanglers gets together, the level of “Zenergy” is increased. Each Tangler brings their individual Zentangle experience together with others to make the sum of members and their ideas greater than the whole membership of the group. A “Tranzen” of Tanglers creatively and Zenfully expand the art of paper, pen, stroke, ink, and depth of breathing. The art of sharing transcends the qualities of all members within the group.
Louise Horner on
What a fun challenge!
I was reading through the last blog posts and came across the quote about mosaics from The book of Zentangle in one of the forwards: “With individual variations combining in a diverse whole.”
So I thought of ‘A wholesome of tanglers’ , because we all become one when we tangle together and share our tiles in the mosaic.
And I thought about a ‘color of tangles’ because Rick talks about tangles as colors that mix and mingle on our tiles.
Doris Bisschop on
Tanglemobs!
Tanglerclan!
Jacqueline Lee CZT36 on
Elizabeth Williams on
A Zen of Tangles and
A Happiness of Tanglers
Linda Deedy on
Zallete comes from Pallete of colors as tangles are the colors of our Zentangle art
Preeti Gupta on
Last year in October (at the weekend we celebrate our 1st anniversary 🥰) I was together with amazing people in Frankfurt at the CZT-Seminar. We met in reality and a few of us were together nearly the hole time.
Since then we see us regulary via Zoom, because we live in different countries.
We realized that we have a special connection – like a family. That’s why we call us “ZENSISTERS”. 😂 It’s my very special word for a group of Tanglers.
Claudia Fießinger, CZT EU3 on
Julie Quin on
I like a “string of tangles” for obvious reasons. We start with a string and use our tangle patterns.
Then for our community of Tanglers “an accident of Tanglers”. I felt like I accidentally became an artist and Tanglers. Hence my business name and I feel many feel that way once they stumble upon the Zentangle method.
Thanks
Much love
Deb
Deborah Bowyer on
I chose Zallete as Z is for our Zentangle and tangles are colors in our pallete for doing our art in Zentangle.
Preeti Gupta on
roxana moreno on
A Tangle of Tanglers. A Ton of Tangles.
Bonnie Luther on