Sketchbook: Zentangles

doodles by jafabrit

I had a friend who asked me, "oh, have you tried zentangle, it's so cool", like it was some new craft or artform. So I checked it out and had to laugh. Just a fancy term for something most of my friends and I did back in school many many many moons ago (60's and 70's). I thought I would sit and do a few and WHAM! before I knew it four hours had passed. I think to myself, "uh huh, Zentangle is a good word for this kind of doodling, but I think I will probably continue to call them what I've always called them, doodles.

Links

Zentagle

Zentangle Love on flickr

I find embroidery to be particularly meditative in the same way. Maybe I should call it ZenBroidery

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