Yes, I did it. I bought a hand drill. No big deal, you say? Then you don't know me well. I'm a disaster with hand tools. If you live anywhere in the northeastern United States, it might be time to consider moving away. You don't want to be around when I turn this thing on. YouTube, here I come. I'm determined to learn how to use this. More material that fits neatly into the "no-fail, no-learn" category: The Zentangle® folks put out a Project Pack recently that included lots of new goodies to try. New white Gellyroll pens from Sakura. New black apprentice tiles, new black triangular tiles (called 3-Zs). Plus a new tangle and some experimental techniques. And some very fine videos. Along with everyone else, I've been experimenting. Here are a couple of initial results. More to come from that Project Pack. Last but not least today. I am pretty chuffed about this one. It has been eluding me for well over a week. I think I tried it a good 4 times and couldn't figure it out (and it looks soooooo simple!), but I kept looking at it and thinking about it. Today I decided to tackle it again--on crappy copy paper, but I was thinking there was a good possibility I'd fail again. But no. I succeeded! I really failed my way to success with this one. Now, of course, I wish I had used better paper. But succeeding came as a total surprise! Just to make sure I got it, I tried it again on a tiny scale a couple of hours later--and once again, failed. But I know I *am* getting it and will continue to practice until I feel I've got a good handle on this. If I was able to do it once, I know I can do it again.
AE
12/2/2017 01:56:58 pm
Rules for using a drill:
M
12/2/2017 04:20:40 pm
Hilarious! But also totally true, of course. I have discovered all 4 of those thru trial and error. Mostly error. The thing scares the life out of me. However, I did get a grab bar perfectly installed at the head of my basement stairs (very proud of myself). And I still have all my fingers. Just luck, I think! Comments are closed.
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