Crawling Back: You Gotta Start Somewhere!

Ok, that title is WAY more dramatic than what is actually happening.  In fact, I'm doing well in real life but am just barely beginning to think about doing anything other than reading. My little "medical adventure" took 2.5 MONTHS away from normal life, and the single thing I could do was read.  50+ books in 8 weeks.  But as I heal, I hope to be back on track. 

I have been extremely eager to tangle or do some textile work over the past month, but have been unable to get comfortable enough.  Only in the last few days did I think I might be able to draw soon, and today I sat down and gave it a try.

This is what happens when you are unable to practice for a long time:

Central tangle is Singfanie by Debbie New, surrounded by Mooka, Tipple. I used white and blue chalk pencil, blue and green prismacolor pencils, white gellyroll 10, graphite, and gray and black Micron 01s.

Wonky wonky wonky! 

After nearly 3 months, it's just wonderful to be tangling ANYTHING, even if I've lost a lot of aptitude.  As I said in the header to this post, you gotta start somewhere.

Very similar to meditation--after a time with little to no practice, you gotta start somewhere.  The big lesson of meditation is "Begin Again.  And keep going."  It's the same with Zentangle®.  Just start again, and keep going. 

Practice will never make perfect, so give up that idea.  But practice will prove itself to be worthwhile over and over.  Practice makes for noticeable improvement.

I'm on it!