There is something that frees up the mind when you only consider a 3.5 X 3.5 square of fabulous paper, a pencil, and a black micron. This is what this challenge reminded me, go back to the basics. It seemed so easy and I finished without much thought. It came to fruition in about twenty minutes. With all the tools I have available to me comes chaos, skepticism, and frustration. I think it is time to clear the table and make things peaceful again.
I chose two strings at random from the tangle pattern web site without looking first, #7 and #24. Together they looked like this:
Even though there were so many strings I could not possibly use them all, I chose what felt pleasing to me and ended up with this tile which I like very much.
Quabog, Onamoto, Diva Dance, Windfarm, Garlic
It is the simple things that make one happy. I need to remember that!
I love this tile, the tangles work really well together.
ReplyDeleteYour tile is lovely, and yes sometimes going back to the basics frees us! I so totally understand that sometimes all the choices of supplies creates that extra level of stress.
ReplyDeleteVery nicely done and these tangles go nicely together... Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you Debra, back to basic, and don't hang to much on all the spaces the string is giving you. Just walk through the ones you are drawn to, and have just simple fun. Your tile is awesome. Great shading of the orbs of onamato. Looks like a bridge over a diva river.
ReplyDeleteI admire your use of 2 official strings - I tried but couldn't do it. I especially like your balancing of light and dark. Nice tangle.
ReplyDeletevery beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI think we all know what you mean. This week, I really felt the Zen of Zentangle when I worked on this challenge. It is good to do that now and then as it is easy to forget what Zentangle is really about. Your finished tile is lovely.
ReplyDeleteWonderful Tile. So delightfully designed and drawn. Beautiful work.
ReplyDeleteI really like your piece, it has a nice balance of light and dark. I also have to agree with you that having too many options can be overwhelming. Sometimes less is truly more! Back to the Zen!
ReplyDeleteThis is surely a big WOW!!!! Great contrast, great choice of tangles, just a GREAT zentangle!
ReplyDeleteThe dark/light contrast really works. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteWonderful tile! Great choice of tangles and lovely contrast!
ReplyDeleteOhhh, ahhhh, I love this tile. Your onomato is lovely and what a great combination of patterns.
ReplyDeleteThank you all for your lovely comments!
ReplyDeleteI also like it very much :)
ReplyDeleteYour sentence "... Even though there were so many strings I could not possibly use them all, I chose what felt pleasing to me ..." is beautifully capturing the essence of it
Great job. I do not think I have ever used Quabog. It just never appealed to me. Yours looks great. Kind of reminds me of a meeting of snails. Like your use of Windfarm and garlic next to each other.
ReplyDeleteOMG, Debra. I haven't checked your blog in awhile and then today when I do I find this post! Great minds do think alike...yes, we have great minds. Hope you like the new FB page. And I LOVE this tile.
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