ZENTANGLE & MINDFUL STORYTELLING

Last night's class at the Arlington ArtLounge included a cohort from Boston College and their professor--twelve people.  Another nine people not affiliated with that group also attended, so it was a very large class.  None of them had ever done Zentangle® before.  All 21 participants were very attentive.  Here was the class mosaic. 

[Oh, and does this group look like a bunch of beginners to you?  I wouldn't think so.]

FIRST ZENTANGLES FROM THE BEGINNER CLASS

The 11 Boston College students were all from a program called Capstone, a comprehensive series of courses for juniors and seniors designed to help them prepare for post-college life.  This particular group was taking a Capstone course called "Mindful Storytelling."  I hope you'll take a moment to read the class description HERE.  It's so inspiring! 

Below is a photograph of the Mindful Storytelling students with their professor (Paula Mathieu, 3rd from the left), all holding up their tangles.  Next to Paula, one student is holding a tangled picture frame I made several years ago.

Wouldn't you love to have had a chance to take something like this during your senior year in college?  I know I would have.  Kudos to to Professor Paula for creating this particular course and for thinking to make my class a part of it.  I enjoyed meeting all of them, as well as the other nine students who came, and I really hope they all had a great time learning the mindful process of Zentangle.

Just before the class, one of the co-owners of the ArtLounge showed me a photo of a very large tangle done by a student from my original class there.  I was astonished.  He has been tangling like a (very talented) fiend since taking his first class.  If I can get permission from him to share it here, I will; his work is phenomenally well-done. 

It's so exciting to see students take off on their own with this art.