I've missed the last few Diva Challenges. When things get difficult I get a bit social media phobic, which is silly, but there you are. I've read the blog each time and looked at all the wonderful creations, and even done some drawing late in the evening when the kids are finally in bed and I can breathe for a few minutes. But posting anything has been too confronting. Funny that this challenge takes all the pressure off.
Drawing with the off-hand is surprisingly stress-less for me (see this post from way back in 2014 as to why that's so, if you are so inclined). There is no way it can be like the things I draw with my usual hand so my brain just switches off its self-criticism motor, which is normally in over-drive, and I just go with whatever happens. So what we have is shaky and shonky, and the lines don't all join up in places, but I kind of like it. About halfway through I questioned the wisdom of choosing Auraknot, but in for a penny in for a pound and I managed better than I had expected to.
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| Diva Challenge #321, Auraknot, Frunky, Msst, some random auras |
I went back and revisited the diptych issue. Reading through some of the other blogs, I realised I had not quite got what a Zentangle diptych involves, so I had another go. Two cards this time, with a paper hinge behind. The two halves are more echoes than reflections, but it works. Next is to cut a tile in half and attach the two halves either side of a whole tile so they swing out like doors and thus become a triptych. If I can get up the courage to cut a tile. Whole other thing than simply folding one. Aaargh. I'll work up to that.
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| Diptych, flat and standing. Xyp, Paradox, Arukas, Tipple, Hollibaugh, Tripoli, Printemps, Noom, Copada |
And finally, as promised some weeks ago, my "Jetties as a string" tile. This is the last of the "use tangles as strings" tiles that I began with Lianne Wood back in 2015. So this little tile spans about two-and-a-half years from start to finish. Slack, but I got there in the end.
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| Tripoli, Jetties, Meer, Flux, Bunzo, Coaster, Printemps, Pearlz, Purk, Finery, Tipple, Zander, Crezn't, Chartz, and two that I can't for the life of me remember the names of. I'll find them and put them in. Bear with me. |
After seeing a lot of non-dominant hand tiles I'm starting to see the beauty in them, love the Auraknot. Had to laugh at your story of your husband, mine is left-handed too with terrible writing and when he got his PhD we said the same thing as you!
ReplyDeleteThey do all have their own unique thing going on. :)
ReplyDeleteI love your Auraknot, Frunky, and Msst! They look terrific! The wobbly lines give it lots of texture! Thank you for sharing your other tiles as well. :)
ReplyDeleteLovely collection of art;-) The "vibration" of all of these Diva entries is super cool.
ReplyDeleteYou've hit the nail on the head. All the non-dominant tiles have a sense of vibration about them. I knew there was something but I couldn't have articulated it. There is a strange liveliness to them and yeah, it is super-cool.
DeleteAuraknot is hard enough to keep track of using the usual hand :) You did well!
ReplyDeleteThank you. You should have seen me doing this. So much thinking and turning of the tile and still did some of the lines in the wrong order. Talk about forced mindfulness.
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