Zentangles are a way of creating images from repetitive patterns, a process of doodling that brings about a meditative state. This is the meditative state in drawing that is needed to tap into your best creative energies. It increases creative freedom and creates a shift in focus and perspective. Because you have no idea what its result will be when you begin it's not restricted by your expectations and can be quite profound creative meditation.
To relax and intentionally direct your attention while creating something quite beautiful is an uplifting experience. I find it an excellent starting point for any creative undertaking.
To relax and intentionally direct your attention while creating something quite beautiful is an uplifting experience. I find it an excellent starting point for any creative undertaking.
"Any mind activity is much more likely to be beneficial and to be creative if it's preceded by presence and stillness."
Eckhart Tolle (author of The Power of Now)
“In deep meditation the flow of concentration is continuous like the flow of oil.”
Patanjali (150 BCE - compiler of the Yoga Sutras)