Might I offer up the art of zentangle? If you search for it online, you'll find countless pattern ideas. And the wonderful thing is: you don't have to be an artist to create crazy-wonderful art via zentangling.
Zentangle books are popping up everywhere, but if you snag the ideas off the internet, they're free. Once you're completely addicted, then you can get your fix satisfied by purchasing a book now and then.
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| a zentagle I'm working on for my son... |
See? Everybody can doodle. Everybody can draw curvy lines and squiggly lines and straight (or semi-straight) lines.
At least for me, breaks from the writing are necessary. Pee breaks (because I try to drink a lot of water when I'm in a writing groove). Breaks to read for 20-30 minutes. A zentangle break.
Do yourself a favor and check it out. Your next break could be zany amounts of fun. (Zentangling can also make unbearably long meetings bearable.)
Zentangle, huh? Looks like something my daughter would love--will pass it on!
ReplyDeleteCathy--I hope your daughter doesn't blame you when she gets hooked... because it IS addicting. ;)
DeleteNever heard of this before....as for taking a writing break, I am lucky to GET 30 minutes for writing here. Life makes for lots of writing breaks, ha-ha.
ReplyDeleteClaudia--But you do well with the time you have.You're busier as a retiree than most people who are still working. Keep taking advantage of those writing breaks.
DeleteYour zentangle is quite appealing. If I made one, it would look like the web of a spider on LSD.
ReplyDeleteVal--A spider on LSD spinning a web... That DOES sound intriguing.
DeleteZentangle. Huh. I'll have to look it up. I doodle when I'm on the phone, and it's always nonsensical doodling---geometric figures rather than actual things. I wonder what that means?
ReplyDeleteLisa--The cool thing about zentangling is it's SENSEical doodling--in a very simple-to-execute way.
DeleteI like how you subtly urged readers to hydrate. Now I've got to go...check out Zentangle.
ReplyDeleteLinda--Yes, Linda. Start zentangling and stop submitting--for the next 12 years or so--so some of us can TRY to catch up. (Of course, we still will have not caught up.)
DeleteOh, love it! I will always require the occasional art-fix. This looks like a great way to get it.
ReplyDeleteTammy--I think you might find that it satisfies that artsy need.
ReplyDeleteI am very impressed by your Zentangling. The other day I almost bought a ridiculously complicated (patterns tiny and complex) "adult" coloring book, but resisted the urge. The last thing I need right now is another reason not to get things done. Maybe when winter arrives I'll try it.
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Oh my gosh, your Zentangle is gorgeous and you put mine to shame. I only do little tiny things... how long did this take you?
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