Daily tiles and a classphoto!

To me it is important to do my daily tile (=daily meditation)in one way or another. It helps me to keep my focus, to appreciate, to relax and stay calm. Every tile, and I mean every single one, represents something that is important to me. Every tile is a moment of gratitude for something in my life, gratitude for the method that says "anything is possible, just one stroke at a time". 

Tangles: Quandary, Pokeroot, Pokeleaf and Heartvine (Lori Howe). In gratitude for a short meeting that created a difference in my life.

Tangles: Pokeroot, Pokeleaf, Diva Dance rock-n´roll. In gratitude for Bach´s cello suites played by Jo Jo Ma.

Tangles: Mooka, Shattuck, Tipple, Pokeleaf and Knightsbridge. In gratitude for the Zentangle Method created by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas.

Tangles: Qua-Sahnt (Heidi Halpern Kay) and Brizl (Susan Kelley Pundt and myself). In gratitude for friendship that means a lot in life.

Tangles: Zenith and Bales tangleations. In gratitude for little friend Bijou!

Of course there are days when everything seems to happen, almost no time at all left for tangling. But there are always at least 10-15 minutes! Who can say there isn´t? And 10 minutes is what it takes to make a little Bijou! Bijou is always a friend in lack of time! Yesterday was such a day. I had to go to the vet with our black Pumi Bisse, she has been limping for a while. It is one thing to be sitting in a waitingroom by yourself, another to take care of your dog during the examinations and x-ray and waiting for results. You can´t tangle. You just has to stay calm, and be comforting. Home again, having supper, taking care of other things that had to be done, I was very happy to have my little Bijous to go to before bedtime! 

Why do I write about this? I do because I want to stress the fact, that zentangle is not a competition, it is not about doing the perfect tile, it is not about being clever, it is not about having lots of time to spend on yourself, it is not about perfectionism and all that. It is all about the process. To slow down, to appreciate what comes out of the pen and leave the worries behind. Then appreciate the little piece of art that came out of the process. It is so simple!  

At last the classphoto from the CZT 32 Seminar! Love to look at this and remember the days we shared!

Graduated at the seminar 32!

Going to Providence, participating in the 32seminar, was overwhelming. I have heard from others going there that it changed their life, it was the best thing they have done and so on. I tried not to have too high expectations, who wants to get disappointed? Anyway I had high expectations, couldn´t help it. And this blog will have a before Seminar and after. I won´t try to retell everything, but I will try to tell something. 

First of all going to the Seminar meant that for the first time I could meet two friends that both had made my journey possible, Sandy Kelley Jones and Susan Kelley Pundt. We have been talking talking talking on the internet for a long time, we are in admin for two Fb groups; Today´s Tangles and Today´s Tangles Keeping it Classic, and that has brought us together. To meet in real life was wonderful. It was like we had known eachother for a long time! Susan and Sandy had met before but this was the first time we were gathered the three of us!

First pic of us together!

As it was Susan´s and mine first visit in Providence we joined the guided tour finding patterns everywhere and visited the Design-museum. 

I belive Nipa was born here!

Who tangled the men´s restroom at the museum?

Yes patterns everywhere! It was a nice tour and we got back to the Biltmore in time for the opening Seminar! Yes it was lifechanging. In many ways. Meeting Rick, Maria, Molly, Martha and all the people around them, meeting participants from 19 countries, sitting side by side, learning, drawing, sharing and listening to lifestories....

It was all too wonderful, I cannot describe it, but I give you my first tile from the seminar and some mosaics and some other pics!

1:st tile!

1:st mosaic

The mosaic with 3Z was amazing!

My Zentangle Primer signed by Rick and Maria!

A meditation led by Molly resulted in so different tiles!

Musical moments in the evening given to us by Dorothée Hurel.

Graduated: Alana, Susan, Sandy and I!

From different parts of the world, all graduated CZT32 and very happy!

From now on all posts in this blog will be AFTER Seminar!