Art I encountered in September two years ago

Hey you, you look a little tired!
Please give me just five minutes of your time🌸

Try getting some paper and a pen ready♬
Come on, just humor me for once
and give it a try😊

Try drawing a few circles.
It's fine, just draw them freehand.
Don't overthink it!

And then?
From one circle to the next,
try drawing a "C" curve
so that it lands smoothly.
Oh, and it's fun to draw them symmetrically and alternately.

Did you manage to draw them??
Now, rotate the paper 90 degrees
and try drawing "C"s again.
See, it suddenly turned into a complex pattern!

It's also cute to add various patterns inside these frames!

If you arrange the initial circles randomly
and connect them with "C"s again,
this also becomes a fun piece of art♬

I can't teach it properly yet, but
this is just a very small part
of an art form called "Zentangle®"😊

I encountered "Zentangle"
®
in September two years ago.
Right after my mental breakdown,
the encounter felt like a divine revelation.

I had lost the will to live, but
I became absorbed in this art
that I encountered there✨

And this November,
I plan to obtain my instructor certification.

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The wonderful thing about Zentangle is that
each individual pen stroke
is extremely simple.

By repeating or combining
those simple tasks,
it transforms into an unexpected piece of art.

Don't you think this
is no different from our daily lives?

In our day-to-day lives,
what we can do
is really just one thing at a time, little by little.

But you know,
even if you wonder if there's any meaning to it,
or if it's just repeating tasks,
I believe that when you eventually notice,
it will have led to a great achievement😊

These days, I'm feeling that again
from Zentangle,
which I had a shocking encounter with
in September two years ago✨

I'll be able to properly teach Zentangle
once I get my instructor certification!
I'll do my best!!

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☀This article is a participation piece for Nao Kurosaki's project☀
#KurosakiNao_2024CalmSept
https://note.com/kurosakina0/n/n54081bea4bc2

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