Zendalas- How to Draw a Mandala Zentangle Style by Milliande Art Studio is the topic of today’s tutorial. On her website (http://www.milliande.com/) this is what Milliande has to say about this process:
“Having played with Zentangles in the Mandala Oasis Art Group ..someone thought of taking the Zentangle idea and putting it together with the traditional Mandala Art Drawing — and whoops the Zendala was born. Zendalas are A Hybrid of a Mandala Circle and Zentangle Art.These “Zendalas” are drawn using a Indenti Pen in black ink. This pen is double- sided and offers a broad tip as well as a fine tip of pemanent alcohol based ink.”
According to TED.com: “How can the US recover after the negative, partisan presidential election of 2016? Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt studies the morals that form the basis of our political choices. In conversation with TED Curator Chris Anderson, he describes the patterns of thinking and historical causes that have led to such sharp divisions in America — and provides a vision for how the country might move forward.”
“By understanding more about our moral psychology and its biases, Jonathan Haidt says we can design better institutions (including companies, universities and democracy itself), and we can learn to be more civil and open-minded toward those who are not on our team.
Haidt is a social psychologist whose research on morality across cultures led to his 2008 TED Talk on the psychological roots of the American culture war, and his 2013 TED Talk on how “common threats can make common ground.” In both of those talks he asks, “Can’t we all disagree more constructively?” Haidt’s 2012 TED Talk explored the intersection of his work on morality with his work on happiness to talk about “hive psychology” — the ability that humans have to lose themselves in groups pursuing larger projects, almost like bees in a hive. This hivish ability is crucial, he argues, for understanding the origins of morality, politics, and religion. These are ideas that Haidt develops at greater length in his book, The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion.”
Please listen and contemplate this thoughtful talk.
Jonathan Haidt: Can a divided America heal?
For those of you not familiar with TED Talks here is a brief summery from www.ted.com: “TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with two annual conferences — the TED Conference in Long Beach and Palm Springs each spring, and the TEDGlobal conference in Oxford UK each summer — TED includes the award-winning TEDTalks video site, the Open Translation Project and Open TV Project, the inspiring TED Fellows and TEDx programs, and the annual TED Prize”
“You CAN learn how to draw amazing mandalas (even if you’re no good at drawing!)
“Learning how to draw mandalas is less about drawing more about slowing down and opening up to your inner creative and intuitive flow.
“It’s a simple, reflective, repetitive creative practice is super good for your brain, your heart and your soul.
“How To Draw Mandalas. Even if you can’t draw:
“We’ll start with a uber-simple little Mandala so you can see how it works:
Draw a small circle.
Think of it as a compass. Add triangles that point to North, South, East and West.
Add triangle points in between North, South, East and West. Now you’ve got 8 spaces to play with… these are your 8 Slices Of Pie.
Add a circle to the end of each triangle. Now you’re starting to see how it works…
Keep building it! Every time you add something to your Mandala, add it to each of the 8 Slices Of Pie. You can add circles, domes, triangles, squares, lines, waves and outlines… and play with different ways of doing circles, domes, triangles, squares, lines, waves and outlines. You can also make up secret symbols, totally break the rules or do anything else you want to do – it’s YOUR Mandala.”
To see more of her work go to: milliande.com
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