Zentangle's 20th Anniversary: March - The Birth of Zentangle

March 1, 2024

Hello Rick and Maria,

Rick writes:

"Our pivotal Zentangle discovery moment came some months after we had been working together. One Saturday afternoon I barged into Maria’s studio. She was working on an illuminated manuscript – the kind consisting of big letters decorated with gold and patterns. Our home and studio were quiet, and she had been absorbed for several hours drawing small, intricate patterns inside a large letter.

After I interrupted her reverie, it took her a while to come back from her effortless focus on what she was doing. She had said she was unaware of where she was. She was free from worries, and no to-do lists were looming in her consciousness. As she spoke of her total absorption in what she was doing, I realized it was exactly how I would describe meditation. At that moment, we knew something important had just presented itself. Jewels of insight and possibility were in the air waiting to be grasped."

As we continue the celebration of Zentangle’s 20th Anniversary, we will go back to the very beginning, The Birth of Zentangle. This month we will reflect on when and how the Zentangle Method came to be and the first strokes, then delve into an out of the box exploration into that magical day when the method presented itself to Rick and Maria.

Join us through our newsletters, blogs, and this month, a special Zentangle Project Pack.

Zentangle Project Pack No. 23 will honor those initial strokes that resulted in the birth of Zentangle. This project will feel important and ornate and illuminated. It will comfort you with its history and challenge you with its grandeur. You will finish this series with art that speaks of the history of the Zentangle Method but more importantly, displays and honors your work as the artist and creator.

Videos for this series will be released every other day on our website, YouTube Channel, and newsletter beginning March 15th.

The Zentangle 20th Anniversary Journal Project is a yearlong celebration through tangles. We will offer fun prompts, tutorials, and bits of inspiration throughout 2024.

This month, as we begin to look back at the beginning of the Zentangle Method’s journey, we invite you to look back at the beginning of your Zentangle journey. Open a new spread in your journal and reflect on when you first found the Zentangle Method. Are there tangles that remind you of your early journey? How does it feel to explore those tangles now?

Thank you to everyone sharing your journey with us on the Zentangle Mosaic App! We love that you are coming on this journey with us.

You can learn more about the 20th Anniversary Journal Project Here.

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