Aha, Zentangle!

 It was by sheer chance that I got to know that today happens to be the World Zentangle Day. Yes, Zentangle is quite the rage currently. Given the special occasion today, let us explore it in our blog today. 

The term is a blend of zen and tangle. It is a mode of doodling, and it is supposed to calm upset and/or troubled minds full of stress, in brief, majority of minds (if any at all, actually) today. As the art form tends to be thus a meditative mode, it is known as Zentangle. 

The Zentangle Method, Mr. Google told me, is a 2004 find. It is a brain child of Maria Thomas, an artist, and a former monk, Rick Roberts. It was born, it seems, when Roberts noticed that Thomas’ repetitive pattern-drawing (or "tangling") mirrored meditative states. They formally combined "Zen" (meditation) and "tangle" (the drawing process) to create an accessible, abstract art form intended to promote mindfulness and focus. Driven by a background in calligraphy, illuminated art, and meditation, the founders designed Zentangle to be "yoga for the brain." So says Amigo Google about this Art Doodle. 

Given the auspicious occasion today, that is, its twenty-second birthday, no harm hence beginning to practise today onwards this free hand art. All you need is a piece of paper, pencils, pens to shade/colour better, and, voilà, ready in style would be your 'tile'! 

Pratima@ Today is yet another wonderful occasion, the Rath Yatra. I like it because rarely is there a celebration of sibling bonds. I like the nice humanisation if the entire festival, such as the deities visiting their aunt. Truly divine!                                                   Oh, yes, our blog yesterday about Sonamji's fast. Well, would not it be better to fight for a radical change in the evaluation mode, currently so very summative and fiercely competitive? How is any resignation going to be any concrete help? The real obit for the aspirants who committed suicide would be such a change so that the tragedy is never ever repeated, right? 

Quote of the day:                                                         "The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection," maintains Michelangelo. 

 Word of the day: doodle                                             A doodle is a simple drawing that could have concrete representational meaning or may just be composed of random and abstract lines or shapes, prefarably attempted without ever lifting the drawing device from the paper.