Monday, 11 April 2011

15 Minutes of Fame!

Yes, the Diva has done it again - issued a challenge too attractive to let wait.... take a scant 15 minutes.  Add a pen, a pencil and paper.  Subtract distraction.  Simmer for 15 minutes.  Taste.  What a great recipe for a Zentangle!  It was interesting to note that the time suddenly seemed so short.  Time really does fly when I Zentangle.  I enter the zone, as it were, and time loses all meaning.  A ZIA may take hours or minutes and I really have no idea how much (or little!) time passes while I am lost in the zen of the pen.  A Zentangle, as opposed to a ZIA, can be completed readily in a short 15 minutes.  I will make a point of doing more Zentangles.  It's so grounding and focusing.  In short, relaxing!
It's fun how the mindfullness of the tangles removes the planning, and yet I still see a picture!  In this case, a kind of a morphing squidlike, octopus-ish, tentacle-y sea creature, moving majestically across the page... okay, I have mentioned being more than adequately endowed with an imagination, right? *G*  I'm really looking forward to teaching our first Zentangle class this weekend!

Happy Monday!
Posted by stART at 22:12
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10 comments:

  1. Devona12 April 2011 at 09:15

    Christina,(for me) it looks like a grandma with curled hair *gg*...and she`s sit down there unstressed...(hope you understand my bad-bad english *gg*)

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  2. Molly Bee12 April 2011 at 11:31

    Beautiful. Can't wait to try this at the end of the week. It will be a challenge for me because I like to take a long time, use lots of detail and really think about it so we'll see....

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  3. Tricia, CZT12 April 2011 at 12:40

    Love your tangle... AND your recipe! I'm still smiling. Good luck with your first class!

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  4. Cris12 April 2011 at 18:34

    Very well written. Made me smile, as usual.

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  5. Shelly Beauch13 April 2011 at 05:20

    Puppet on a string! Love the mixture!

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  6. Rosemary13 April 2011 at 08:28

    I really like this, she is floating across the page and I love the tendrils.

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  7. Kit @ Dreamscribe13 April 2011 at 09:37

    'Zen of the pen' - ♥ it. I see a box jelly fish (perhaps we think alike [smiles]).

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  8. Phine13 April 2011 at 14:24

    Love the sketchy look of this ZT!!!
    Taking no more than 15 minutes leads to the essence of tangles, doesn´t it?

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  9. Darkskye14 April 2011 at 01:30

    Not only do I think you have a very nice quick design, I love how you described the process and your result. Like you, I see a jelly. :D

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  10. Anonymous15 April 2011 at 17:10

    Very nice. I like the sketchy look, it makes the tangles look fragile and delicate.
    thanks for the nice comment on my tapestry. it was with pain in my heart that I sold it.It has got a place in a young couples home.

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