Origami vrs Zentangle

This is a bit different for me.  I'm going to give you excerpts of an Origami article(Black) and then change them into Zentangle quotes(Red).


"Paper Beats Iron Bars" by D'ario Pedruzzi in  The Paper: The Magazine of Origami USA. Fall 2013 p.22-23
Beautifully written article, by a young man in Italy who has been teaching origami to the Children of prison inmates as they wait for their monthly parental visit.


The "O3A" virus: Origami Anywhere, with Anybody, folding Anything!
"Z3A" Zentangle Anywhere, with Anybody, Tangling Anything!
"...we begin with the usual paper toys: jumping frogs, jumping grasshoppers, bangers, boxes, airplanes, and all of those things rotating, mouth-opening, tumbling, rolling, flying, gliding, that make paperfolding with children so amusing, so magical."
"...we begin with the official patterns: Crescent moon, Hollibaugh, Static, Flux, Bales, and all those intriguing patterns that make tangling so magical"
"Another magical element inside any origami workshop.....is the total absence of competition and aggression.  The competition is demolished by a sheet of paper! "
"Another magical element inside any Zentangle workshop.....is the total absence of competition and aggression.  The competition is demolished by a small tile and a pen! "
"I always stress that in origami, we don't produce objects, we make objects.  This substantial difference in approach leads us to consider each model made by each child as an icon of the moment, the instant which we are living in that moment of space/time.  All models are beautifully folded just because they are ours, not anyone else's.  The patience, accuracy, precision, dexterity were not by anyone else, and it follows that the folded model is gorgeous because this child has gorgeously created it."
"I always stress that in Zentangle, we don't draw objects, we make art.  This substantial difference in approach leads us to consider each tile as an icon of the moment, the instant which we are living in that moment of space/time.  All tiles are beautifully Zentangled just because they are ours, not anyone else's.  The patience, accuracy, precision, dexterity were not by anyone else, and it follows that the tangled tile is gorgeous because this person has gorgeously created it."
"When we fold origami, The entire individual is involved in a dual synthesis of body and mind.  Anyone who has tried it knows that when you fold a pleasant model that you have mastered, breathing starts to slow down and the mind begins to cheer."
"When we Zentangle, The entire individual is involved in a dual synthesis of body and mind.  Anyone who has tried it knows that when you use the Zentangle Method with patterns that you have mastered, breathing starts to slow down and the mind begins to cheer."


See what I mean? - However there is a big different.  In order to get to this point with Origami you have to master the model- which can take some time and a lot of work.
Thank You D'ario Reduzzi
Cheers!

Journal 52- When I Grow Up

When I Grow Up I want to be.....  Up until a few years ago I'd say I still didn't know what I wanted to be or where I wanted to live "when I grew up"   I always hated those employee surveys or evaluations that asked  "Where do you see yourself in 10 years time?"
 
   Now that I've finished my: family and schooling years (0-24), my professional Life (24-57), what do I want to be now and where do I want to live?
   Guess what I still don't really know.

   But here is my Art Journal page for "When I Grow Up I Want To Be....  

I spent an hour today making backgrounds with string and acrylic paints.  This one is white on black, but I did some with white, yellow and red on black and one on white.  Then I used up the paint to make some more backgrounds.  Fun and Messy!

Journal52 Week 5

I'll be updating the Journal 52 tab also but wanted to post this here as well, because I have a visitor in the picture I was taking of last weeks journal page.

The prompt was  The Lost Art of Love Letters.   Well I usually read the prompt and then think on it for a bit.  I came up with an idea but forgot the actual prompt and did a page on the Letters of Love - as in L, O, V, and E.

   Then I saw a bunch of the others and went Oh.  Good thing I hadn't figured out what I was going to do with the back of Week 4's page.  So here are the two pages with and with out visitors and I'll explain the techniques below.

Hi Georgie!  Right after this picture she sat on the pages.  Not sure if that meant she approved or not.

Letters of L,O,V, E.:   The suggested technique was to take a brown paper bag, dampen it, crunch it up, let it dry, brush with gel medium, dry, and then wipe on acrylic paint with a baby wipe.  This can look like leather.   So Leather and Lace or Leather endures - Ah what about Jeans they last a long time.   So I glued some faded Blue jean material to come card stock, cut out the letters, added marks for fake stitches.  There are many origami heart patterns and since it was Valentines Day I added a corner heart and some flowers.

Lost Art of Love Letters:  I scanned a small piece that my Mother had embroidered for my Father with their wedding picture.  The original had lace but I cut that off the picture and added real lace around the edge. of the page.  The scan is attached to the page on two sides only leaving a pocket to store other Love Letters.