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Some books nourish your soul. It is an encounter with words (and sometimes images) that feed your imagination and creativity. It is always fascinating to me to see how a book enters my life, through a friend or family recommendation, through an image or review online,...

Muse, Where do you come from? Where do I find you? Are you there with me at all time? How do I learn to listen to you? Here I go, Grabbing a notebook, a pen, a pencil, Carrying with me a couple pages, Ready, willing, Opening myself up to ideas, Letting creativity...

Don’t have time? Feel stretched? Does it sound familiar? This week we are looking into the idea of min-max balance, which can be translated as minimizing distractions to maximize attention. You could also look at it this way: how do we find a form of balance when we...

This week we are welcoming Carrie, one of our listeners, into our conversation. Carrie suggested we talk about grief and creativity and we thought it was an important subject to present in our podcast. Interestingly, I found a lot of resistance in me trying to write...

I always was fascinated by the difference in traditions. As an example, depending on where you come from in France, your family history or your religion, you would find captivating variations on traditions. I had the tremendous luck to live in different parts of the...

I (re)discovered Found Poetry when Kellie and I talked about it in the TanglePod episode 19. I had seen Found Poetry artwork before but never tried my hand at it. When Kellie showed me her poems, I thought it would be fun to see what came of it. I was curious to...

We had a great time interviewing Laura Harms from iamthedivaczt.com blog.  Listen in and hear how she got started with her very popular weekly challenge! Then stick around to hear about our second giveaway and how you can enter to win another set of pens from...

07/28/2018 Publishing again, original episode somehow disappeared... | Nouvelle publication de cet épisode. l'épisode original ayant disparu... I am so overwhelmed! This is what I told Kellie today, when I met her for our recording session. She looked at me and told...

Inspiration come from so many different places. Listen in as Kellie and I discuss inspiration and where we find our creative inspiration and share it with our listeners. As October starts, here is one more source of inspiration called Inktober (one month of daily...

What type of pen do you use most comfortably? Is there a specific pen you like? Or is there only one type of pen you can get your hands on and you wonder if that makes a difference? In this TanglePod episode Kellie and I discuss the different types of pens and how do...

Isn’t it interesting how some tangles or patterns draw us more than others? In this TangelPod episode Kellie and I talk about a tangle named Punzel and walk you through step by step instructions on how-to draw it. Punzel wasn’t a tangle Kellie and I used very often....

In this TanglepPod episode, Kellie challenged me to be spontaneous and record without a plan. I could understand where that came from. Every time we meet for our recording sessions, we always have wonderful conversations before we start recording. Quite often, after...

Have you ever felt lost when you look at your blank page? Have you ever wondered what to do with all that space? Listen in this latest TanglePod episode about strings and find out why this creative step can be useful. The string in the Zentangle Method™ is like...

Fear is something many people experience in their lifetime. In this TanglePod episode Kellie and I talk about fear, especially our creative fears, and look into different ways to deal with these fears. We discuss how there are many types of fears, some are bigger...

Have you ever wondered for whom Zentangle is? Who would enjoy it? In this episode Kellie and I tackle this subject. The answer is quite simple: it is for about everyone. Younger, older, artistic or not-at-all, shaky hands, precise hands, love to draw, never touched...