Hybrid Tangles? Doodles?

As much as I'm working on NaNo story idea, I woke up over the weekends with images for Hybrid Tangles.

Why am I doing this? Anyway, I don't think they are really tangles, much more like abstract kind of doodles.

Here are 2 of them. Enjoy and let me know what you think.

Hybrid Tangles & Salvador Dali

Another Sunday for the Hybrid Tangles.

I did two this week. I believe this one was too busy, like I was trying too hard.



This one's a lot better, espeically when I put it along side Salvador Dali's "Tail Bone Woman" from his painting - Burning Giraffe (1936 - 1937).



















Currently our National Gallery Victoria is exhibiting Salvador Dali's work. I went to see his painting and other artwork twice and will be going again next week before the exhibition closed.

Dali and Me:

Since I discovered my inclination to write "strange tales" a few years ago and the way I develop stories from viusalisation, I've been scouting drawings & artists for inspiration. Through my reasearch, I found that I was especially drawn to surrealism. And naturally, I can't stay away from Dali. I've known about Dali's exhibition since last June and have been waiting eagerly to view his work in real.

And what an expereince I had! Not only I'm crazily in love with his work, I note that Dali and his paintings begin to zip into my stories. My writings, both plot turn and the prose, are taking on a surreal flavour. I'm wondering where Dali is leading me. :)

Hybrid Tangles and Others

A new tangle for Sunday. I did this one last night to keep my promise.

The NaNo training went well! :) I achieved the goal sooner than I expected, but at a price. Anyway, I'm still trying to process the experience and will report it next week.

The Joy Diet from Jamie Ridler's book blogging group has started but I'm having second thoughts about doing it. Apart from time clash with NaNo (November), I'm one of those people who actually don't like to have a metre long to-do list. I avoid multi-tasking as much as possible. Looking at my current project list and schedule, can I manage? I'm thinking ...

Hybrid Tangles

Too tired after 3 days of writing, so I'm just gonna post the tangles only. Hope you like it! :)

Hybrid Tangles

The tangles-drawing is really addictive! I kept wandering off thinking about patterns while working on STOS. And I found myself looking at things differently. All of a sudden, things appear to me not as objects, but shapes and patterns. This led me to browse through art books at Borders and came home with V&A Pattern Box Set (Victoria and Albert Museum). I'm thinking of using it as reference to create some new tangles. Not sure if I can do it, but it's worth a try, right?

Here are some of this week's Hybrid Tangles. Tell me what you think! :)

Hybrid Tangles

This all went back to the time when I was doing Wreck This Journal ...

It was at WTJ that I got to know Kim, to whom I first learn about Zentangle. Then, or now on hindsight, WTJ has steered me to further creative direction and fun. It was at the end of WTJ that I decided I'll give Zentangle a try.

I ordered the kit (the deep green box in the photo) and started to collect "patterns" (the green box file) early August. Since the tangle is drawn on 89cm (approx. 3") square tile, I got myself a small green box to store them. As you can see, part of the fun is about getting the tools. (I adore gadgets!) ;)
The first tangle (left) I did was a straight copy from the instruction booklet. I picked and mixed the patterns to work on subsequent ones. I'm still fairly new to this so I can't quite yet write about my tangles (tangled) experience. But I can share this with you.

1) I'm drawn to the abstract patterns as a re-presentation of the strageness I write about in my stories.

2) It scared the daylight out of me when I decided to post my tangles. But I said to myself: Remember the fearlessness you felt when you posted all those pages of WTJ. Nothing could stop me!

3) I'm doing this for the pleasure of sharing ... and ... (oh, come on, crying out loud!) I'm also curious to know how fellow creatives find them. (Like this one on the right.)

4) I'm not promising (mostly to myself) anything, but maybe I could post 1 Hybrid Tangles a week? (See the bottom one with the blue background.) On Sundays?

What do you think? (I need some cheering here!)


Thank you and enjoy!