Remember when you post your spoken tiles on the Zentangle Mosaic app, use the hashtag #spoken .

You can search the Zentangle Mosaic app to see what other tanglers are creating with this new tangle. Just download the free version of the app and search for " #spoken"!

We look forward to seeing what you create with this new tangle.

Enjoy!

In this video demonstration, a salt covered surface arranges itself in different patterns that resonate with different frequencies of sound.

While there are many YouTubes of this technique, this one gives additional insights that may not be obvious in all the other productions.

As you watch, notice how:

• When a pitch that creates a pattern holds steady, the grains of salt all seem to be alive and dancing.
   
• When the pitch changes, the salt grains stop moving. It may look like the same pattern, but it is no longer "alive" and vibrating.
   
• As a new resonant pitch approaches, the salt begins to dance and dissolve the previous static pattern.
   
• Before the resonant pitch for the next pattern is reached, much of the salt is in a confused mess until suddenly, at the next resonant pitch, the salt grains snap to attention in a new pattern.

 

We saw an interesting article in Parade Magazine last Sunday.

The author wrote that dementia "can bring right brain creative impulses that have always been present, but dormant, to the fore" and how some people also "loose the inhibitions and 'judgy' parts of the brain that once might have silenced their inner artist."

The article reminded us of so many stories we hear about people's response to practicing the Zentangle Method. Not only can the Zentangle Method benefit people in various stages of dementia . . . it can enable people to express their creativity without self-criticism at any time in their life!

Read the whole article here. 

 

With all our Best Wishes,