Tentacles and Butterflies

This was fun because I was able to blend my entry with both Jella's and molossus' entries by folding the moly and meeting each of our designs at the seems. This was fun because when viewing my entry with Jella's, my and molossus' entries seem to leave off, go behind and come out the other end of Jella's. But when moly is folded back and molossus' and my entries are placed side by side, they flow together as well. So this was like working in two moly's at the same time...really fun compositional problem-solving!

Lisa Rene's entry in Jella's Moly

My entry in Jella's moly pages 5 - 8 a.k.a. "Rumi, Unchain My Heart". Inspired by the quotes that Jella incorporated into her zentangle, I incorporated a quote by Rumi that is dear to me:

"Your task is not to seek for love, but to seek and find all of the barriers within yourself that you have built against it." Thank you Rumi.

Media: Sharpie Marker, Sakura Micron Pigma, Ball point pen, Prismacolor pencil

Next Entry Please!

Hey there! Let's all post our next entries please...meaning the second zentangle drawing but in our first rotation. I am so excited that this blog is getting updated little by little...YAY!

Exchange Date Reminder

Hi Everyone,

Our next whole group exchange date is set for March 31st. If for some reason, there is a need for another extension, please keep lines of communication open and I am sure it can be worked out.

Also, for those of you who have not posted your sign-in pages yet, please do so. Then we can have a round of everyone posting their first entries. The work is so beautiful and impressive and I want us to be able to "show it all off".

So once everyone has uploaded their sign-in page, I will call for first entry from everyone, then second, and so on.

Thanks so much! You are all such an inspiration!

Please Post Sign-In Page!

Please post your sign-in page to the moly_x_11 blog if you haven't already so that we may begin to post our first entries next!

Thanks so much!

Excited about sending out moly and receiving the next to work on!

Blessings! Lisa Rene

Next Exchange Date...

Hi Everyone!

Just a friendly reminder that we are working on moly's for a two-month time frame. Our next exchange date is scheduled for February 28, 2011.

Thanks so much for keeping lines of communication open among group members and for thoughtfulness and understanding on all ends. It is so important as we had agreed at the start of this project.

We have such a great group! So pleased to be a part of it all...the group, the collaboration, the inspiration, the creation, and so excited each time a new piece emerges. This is awesome!

Our moly_x_11 Blog Banner...

Any ideas for creating a more colorful and personalized banner for our blog?

1. One thought is to have each of us design a piece of the banner and post when finished.

2. Another idea is for one of us to come up with the composition and lettering and for the rest of us to "tangle" around it.

Any other ideas?

Let's get started on the blog!

I thought is would be a good idea for each of us to first post our sign-in pages. Once all of the sign-in pages are posted, we can each post our first entries as a group, then second, then third as we would have if we would have had our blog from the beginning! I was thinnking that would make the most sense as far as sequencing and documenting our progress throughout the project as well as for archiving purposes. Does that work for everyone?

How exciting that our moly_x_11 blog is up and running!

How exciting that our moly_x_11 blog is up and running!

This is a very exciting group project that we have committed to here and what a talented group that we have assembled! Not only talented, but dedicated and very supportive of each other. I am so very honored to be a part of it! The work that has been produced so far is impressive as seen on each of our members' individual flickr sites and it is exciting that it will all now be able to be viewed here as a cohesive body of work!

So for the record, I just want to state here that we decided as a group that we would call our group the "Zentangle Moly Exchange Group", a.k.a. moly_x_11. We also decided that although the Zentangle art form is what we would be incorporating into our group project, that "strings" and "tangles" would be incorporated in a way that was unique and true to the individual artist's interpretation and style, leaving as much room for flexibility, exploration and growth as possible within the project. We decided that a 2 month rotation period would be appropriate.

Our moly_x_11 is made up of 5 members from around the world: 1 from Oregon, 1 from Belgium, 2 from Arizona, and 1 from Tennessee.

Our only "requirement" was to really have fun with this project. And I believe we are accomplishing just that!

So let's get started on the blog moly_x_11!!!