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! We invite you to enjoy this post from 2014... Begin previous post . . . Maria writes: I have to say, I never had a thing for "Perfection." Not that I am not tidy...

Molly writes... There are eight steps to the Zentangle Method. Number four is the string. A Zentangle string is always created in pencil. In fact we will often say to create a string with a light touch. Allowing the pencil to just tickle the surface of the tile, leaving just a whisper of graphite in its path. A Zentangle string is magical as it nearly disappears by the end of creating tile. I’ve been thinking about Zentangle strings a lot lately. A Zentangle string is unique and its purpose and definition often evolves as one’s practice evolves. People that view Zentangle from...

Maria writes... Hello everyone. It's a great day to tangle! I was thinking about new tanglers, and the questions and doubts that may concern them in the beginning. I have been doing this so long now that I have almost forgotten what it was like to wonder "what was the next step?", "did I do this right?", "will this look good?".   Then it came to me! There are so many seasoned tanglers, with so much knowledge, experience, passion, gratitude...that maybe, just maybe they would be willing to give just one piece of advice to the person just starting out on...