Zentangle
The zentangle is a free drawing that is structured from shapes with recurring patterns made up of a combination of points, lines, simple curves and circles. It is characteristic that the resulting zentangle image can be viewed equally from all sides and the drawn shapes usually do not result in a direct object. The drawings are made on special paper, the zentangle tile, which is only 9 × 9 cm in size. Drawing on the zentangle tile is also called tangling. Everything that deviates from the format of the small paper tiles or is designed in color is ZIA = zentangle inspired art, i.e. art inspired by zentangle. Zentangle - or zentangles - is a combination of the terms Zen and Tangle. Zen was derived from Zen meditation and Tangle means "confused" or "confused" when translated from English. The meditative process of drawing is paramount and follows its own philosophy. The drawing is unintentional and there is no concrete idea of a specific result. Rather, intuition is allowed to unfold. Zentangle was invented in the USA by the former monk Rick Roberts and the artist Maria Thomas, who used it to create a combination of meditation and art.
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literature
- Marbaix, Jane: Zentangle , Arcturus Publishing, 2015, ISBN 9781784281649
- Kass Hall: Zentangle Untangled: Inspiration and Prompts for Meditative Drawing , 2012, ISBN 978-1-4403-1832-0
- Anya Lothrop: Joy with Zentangle - The beginner's course: Draw yourself happy! 2014, ISBN 978-3955501051
- Beate Winkler: The big zentangle book: 101 favorite patterns. From brilliantly simple to simply brilliant , 2015, ISBN 978-3772482151
