My friend Claire told me about Zentangle. It’s way exciting, and apparently can pretty much change your life from top to bottom altogether. It’s timeless, it’s portable, it’s empowering. Also it has benefits, which the Zentangle people list for you. Among them are ‘journalling,’ self esteem, modify behavior (I don’t know, that’s what it says!), anger management (oh I doubt that), home schooling (in what?), stretching, team building. Yes but what is it, you wonder? Something about drawing patterns. Who knew that was such a miraculous type thing?
This is my favourite part, which is on the Theory page:
Quantum
With no correct answer, Zentangle offers both a freedom and a challenge. Unlike crossword, jigsaw, or Sudoku puzzles, there is no predetermined right answer. You cannot fail to create a Zentangle. At first this freedom can be a bit unnerving. Soon it becomes a freeing and uplifting experience as you realize you can create never-ending, ever-changing “solutions.”
Did you know that was what ‘quantum’ meant? No, neither did I. But it is so.
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8 responses to “Dude it’s totally quantum”
O.B.: It sounds great. Can it help
me with the prostate gland?
What the hell? That’s the most ridiculous definition of “quantum” I’ve ever heard and there are a great many to pick from in that category.
Terry Pratchett has some good uses of Quantum. Its used, of course, by Sorcerers.
I thought it was just doodling. Haven’t people been doing that since the cave days?
Great. How long before some bright spark tries to introduce it into schools? It was annoying enough seeing off Brain Gym.
They thought of schools already. The website offers lesson plans for 3 to 6 grades.
Isn’t it strange that they are selling stuff on the site but also asking for donations, as if it were a good cause or charity. . .
They may be nice people. But I have figured out where to buy paper and pens if I need them.
I laid, last night, my comment to rest its head in my e-mail.
The Tibetan infinite knot, which is the basis for the Original Statue of Infinity (by Richard X. Zawitz) and later led to the Tangle toy.
There is also a big industry (Italian Furniture) growing up from these TANGLE roots.
Perhaps Zentangle is another infinite dawdling hybrid which is crying out to dudeldopp-dopes who will be daft enough to fall for their zany zen doodling.
Note also that its derivative, ‘doodle’ really refers to absent-minded scribblings, not conscious works of art that happen to be on scraps of paper.
Did you know that was what ‘quantum’ meant?
Nope, but after reading it – I shall either take a quantam leap or seek to chán.
As with the latter I could really do with experiential realisation through meditation and dharma practice.
Now, where did I leave my peann luaidhe and rubar (pencil and rubber).
You can charge a lot more for a peann luaidhe than you can for a pencil!
Hahahahaha.