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...
Hi, Alfie here! Welcome to day four of The Twelve Days of Zentangle, 2020. Julie joins us today to guide us in tangling a 3Z tile (or 2 or 3!). Her "joie de vivre" is obvious as she navigates around sandswirl, a tangle designed by Karry Heum. Julie has always loved tangles with spirals, a strong symbol of the journey and change of life as it unfolds. Watch how she arranges these sandswirl spirals to one end of the 3Z tile, in a pattern that includes the absence of images as well as the images. She has a purpose in her journey and that...