December of 2024 is here! I don’t know what it is about this month, but my creative spirit is high. I am taking in the chill of the wind in stark contrast to the warmth of my home, hot coffee, and always looking forward to late-night hot chai. The western part of India is quite hot during summer, while the minimum temperature in the winter dips to only 8 or 9 degrees here. Yet I enjoy wrapping my shawl, wearing a light jacket or sweatshirt, and walking in my pyjamas during the day. All this is possible because I can work from home. December reminds me of hope, inner change and a chance to star ..read more

If you wish draw along with me, on this string zendala, head over to this post ..read more

If you wish draw along with me, on this string zendala, head over to this post ..read more

ART THERAPY is only the outcome of your engagement or indulgence in the artistic experience. Its funny that how much we OVERuse the word therapeutic, that slowly it is begin to lose its deep meaning and essence in our lives. And sometimes it is so lost ..read more

This is not the kind of blog that you are expecting to read. Here I am writing situations, self-reflections from my own personal life, an art altruistic personality to help myself and others around me. I am no expert nor have any backing of any psychology, books, research studies, etc. though these subjects, often fuel my curiosity. I am just penning down my thought process and progress over months and years, that helped me to understand what I learned and did not learn, not just in my art but also in life. Trigger warnings: I am touching subjects of anxiety, compulsive habits, organisational ..read more

New Technique introduced to our Zentangle Community. Lots of fun really ..read more

In June 2023, my friend and colleague CZT Dolly Bolen very kindly invited me to be a part of their Facebook Group Moon Phases Mosaic Challenge. Each month, a Certified Zentangle(R) Teacher from the community throws a challenge to the rest of us, and we play with the string and tangle suggestions. The strings are interesting and chosen tangles help us to get out the initial hurdle of “where to start” from the minds of artists and just keep us moving. Each Tangler showcase their best skill and talent for the challenge. At times, its not about just the end piece of the art, but also they share th ..read more

I have picked up my second best Zentangle Journal that I received at my Teacher’s Training Zentangle Seminar in Year 2018. I was really not a journal person then, so I kept it lurking in my bookshelf for a really long time. On and off I kept trying something out, but never really focused on finishing a book. But, I don’t know, but this Year 2024, I am like so so inspired to complete all my Sketchbooks! I started something in Year 2023, then again dug into it many times a year (just for my sake), but it is now that I HAVE TO GET THIS DONE…….:-D A day before I finished exploring one of the fragm ..read more

As you guys know, we are still on a long summer vacation, at my parents home. Whenever I find time, I am indulging in some art work. My new obsession is adding copper paints to the Black Zentile. It is really super fun to play with the paints and the beautiful white pen just gleams through the Zentile. Here’s one of my Zentile I have tried playing with tiny bit with some gold paint too. My obsession with copper paint started last year in Dec-Jan 2021, after which I launched Zen Coppering Session. I had a full class of 13 students taking this fun session. It was fun exploring the new process ..read more

On Day8 of Heartizen2022, we play with Tangle Heartfelt deconstructed by me. I was inspired by Tangle Tamisolo deconstructed by CZT Hanny Waldburger (Zenjoy). She has deconstructed lovely tangle patterns, that we often use (abundies, icantoo, fluxoge, etc) and in her blog here you can find the original step-out of all her tangle patterns. However, the step-outs of tangle heartfelt is much different from Tamisolo. Tangle Heartfelt is a one-stroke tangle pattern very simple tangle pattern. I wanted to include this tangle pattern in HeartiZen2022 series, as it forms this beautiful shape of a hear ..read more