MooOViNg TAngLEs

My last post was about Travelling Tangles. This one is about moving tangles. They're different.

This week's challenge from the DivaCZT is to tangle while you're in motion: in a car, on a train, some place where you're being bumped around a bit.

Two or three years ago I replaced my computer desk chair with a big red bouncy ball. ('Exercise' ball sounds so uninviting.) I decided to tangle while bouncing vigorously.

Part of my studio.
Along the top: some of my all-time favorite Zentangle (R) tiles.
On the computer screen, the DivaCZT's blog page. :)
On the right, the blue bin which now contains all my files
since I weeded and dumped many of them a few months ago.

As always when I attempt Zentangle out of my comfort zone, I opted mostly for comfort tangles, some of the basic, simple first ones we learn. This time I also used an Apprentice tile and a larger pen.

I used Tipple, Knightsbridge, Hollibaugh, and Phuds. I chose Phuds at the end because it doesn't require a lot of drawing and has some solid blacks. Although, I think the most difficult thing for me with this type of project is not being able to do good solid blacks.

I took hold of my pencil and started bouncing. Up and down and up and down! Dots. Border. I love the wibbly-wobbly border that happened! Bounce bounce. String. A simple 'X' with four sections. Up and down and up and down! Now the pen. Tipple. Knightsbridge. Hollibaugh. Bounce bounce bounce! Phuds. Shading. Up and down and up and down!

At one point I got so into the bouncing I put my pen down and started waving my arms side to side. Up and down and up and down! I had a drink of my iced coffee.

That was an ill-considered move.

Here's my tile.

Procrastination is my middle name

It always has been. But I thought I was getting better at not procrastinating. I have a special project I've been wanting to start (see my C & R post) but I seem to be finding all kinds of other things to do instead.

So for your edification and amusement, and my embarassment and humility (and perhaps a boot in the rear), here are some of the things I've been doing instead:

Number One:  Moving
Three years ago my husband and I sold our house, sold some stuff, stored a lot more, and went to China to teach English. We were there two years, in two different cities. It was quite an experience and I'm sure glad we did it. Coming back to Canada, we initially stayed at my father's very cluttered home. That stretched to over a year and we REALLY NEEDED our own place. A friend has taken a position overseas for a couple of years and we are renting his bungalow. Yay! And we've emptied the storage unit!

Number Two: Buying a teapot
I expect we still own a brown betty teapot in the apartment our middle daughter is staying in, but she's probably using it on occasion. Besides, I wanted something more fun and funky. Found one! Ta-da! ----->
Unfortunately it pours a bit sloppily, but it makes tea and it IS fun to look at!


Number Three: Blowing my nose
A lot. And also having coughing fits. There's a virus going around here that requires a lo-o-ong time to regain one's energy.

Number Four: Setting up a studio in the basement of our new home. It's coming together. There are SO many ideas bumping into each other in my head!

Number Five: Unpacking boxes, which is kind of fun. There's the occasional "Oh yeah! I like THIS!" or "Oh. What did we keep THIS for?"


Number Six: Retrieving things from various other places we'd stashed stuff during our Oriental adventure. We've emptied our storage unit, but still have things in my brother's shed, my dad's basement, and my in-laws' storage unit. Also, re-stashing things we can't use or don't want at the moment.

Number Seven: Doing OTHER art projects
For example, AN EARLY SNOW, which is somewhat whiter that it appears here and includes some tiny clear and blue gems for sparkle. This year, in fact, we had late snow.

AN EARLY SNOW (pen & ink, pencil, tiny gems) 2010 © Margaret Bremner

 I don't have a name for this one yet, but I love the whirlyness of it.  I'd like to do a similar one in black-and-white.

(WHIRLYGIG (pen & ink, colored pencil, tiny gems) 2010 © Margaret Bremner

 
Number Eight: Blogging
Sheesh! Here I am telling you all how I'm not getting around to a project I really want to do!
Oh, and I've also been experimenting with fancier header bars for said blog, one with several images of my artwork, and a zentangle one ----->


I've wondered if it's not procrastination, but fear. I want so badly for this project to be terrific! Another Certified Zentangle Teacher suggested that it could mean "False Evidence Appearing Real".

There's a month until the wedding. I still have time.
I can still get it done.
Can't I?