Alfie writes... Today's tile is by Rick, no surprise here! He has his favorite tangles, his "mac'n'cheese tangles," (although I cannot remember the last time I actually witnessed him eat mac'n'cheese), but I digress. . .  As I reflect on the number of times he uses these two tangles, I realize why we call them "Rick's paradox" and "Rick's flux". I must admire his focus as he tangles. Nothing seems to break his concentration. I have found him to be a true Renaissance man, one who has profound proficiency in a number of fields: a lifelong student, never seeming to reach the end, where he gets the...

Maria writes: HEART: The center of emotion; the home of spirit, courage, and enthusiasm. No wonder we clutch our heart when these feelings are set free. In our Zentangle world, I find that we all love hearts because I see them often in your Zentangle art. In this collection of tiles that Martha and Molly have created, we see heart, or more accurately, a gathering of hearts . . . an overlapping of hearts. Perhaps there are emotions that we cannot find words for that live in that untangled overlapping part, like strengths we did not even know we had.  Bijou...

Hi, Alfie here!  Welcome to day five of The Twelve Days of Zentangle, 2020. In today's video, Maria tangles a newish version of a tangle that Molly deconstructed for us some years ago. It's called fife. She called it this because it reminded her of the "flower of life." If you are not familiar with the flower of life, it is a fascinating story and well worth checking out. (See sacredgeometry.net.) Anyways, back to fife . . . I love this tangle because it can appear to look like a bouquet of flowers, a gathering of "almond" shapes (two intersecting arcs), or a collection of...