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Once upon a time, I wrapped my zen.

Who knew twelve small tiles, a pencil, and a little ink could teach me such important life skills? While I am already planning more tiles, f

Once upon a time, I zen-ed out...chapter twelve.

I can't believe this is the final tile...I can't believe this challenge has been completed. I can't believe next Monday won'

Once upon a time, I zen-ed out...chapter eleven.

I've been sort of looking forward to the end of this official challenge for several (previously noted) reasons, the least of which being

Once upon a time, I zen-ed out...chapter ten.

I like this piece. I appreciate the starkness I was able to achieve...and I still have a few things I wish I'd done differently, but ove

Once upon a time, I zen-ed out...chapter nine.

After last week's tile, I promised some sass - and I've delivered. I asked what craziness I might entertain, well here it is! Having spent two weeks diving into the .01 weight nib-life, I switched things up...all the way up to the 1pt life...and things are chunky up here. I just thought using the .01pt pen required me to concentrate on my fine line details. Using a 1pt pen showed me how very important precision should be...which is why the official Zentangle rules state the t

Once upon a time, I zen-ed out...chapter eight.

Just last week I asked myself what sort of craziness I might dive into next with my Zentangle challenge. Well, I'm really changing thing

Once upon a time, I zen-ed out...chapter seven.

This week's tile is fine. Just fine. As in, I decided to use it to practice my fine-line drawing!

Once upon a time, I zen-ed out...chapter six.

Half-way through my twelve-week challenge, I’m happy to report I discovered a way to follow the official rules without make swoopy-loop thre

Once upon a time, I zen-ed out...chapter five.

Because the official Zentangle method (which I am trying SO hard to adhere to for these initial 12 tiles) calls for the tangler to create th

Once upon a time, I zen-ed out...chapter four.

ZenTangling feels much like a tango in that it's two-steps forward, one-step back, and an occasional side-step!

Once upon a time, I zen-ed out...chapter three.

I’m not sure this method is on-brand for official Zentangling, but it is on brand for Amy Jackson! While this exercise should help me to str

Once upon a time, I zen-ed out...chapter two.

After last week’s challenge to stop thinking about layout and find the zen in each stroke, I was determined to do more molecular thinking th

Once upon a time, I zen-ed out...chapter one.

My designer-heart was palpitating even as I sat down to focus on each line, fill each space without thought of the completed work, and delib

Once upon a time, I got tangled up in my zen.

As I began tangling, the designer inside me looked for composition, sought a specific point of view and wanted to build on pattern elements.

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