Zentangle Project Pack No. 26 - Elegance of Limits

"When forced to work within a strict framework, the imagination is taxed to its utmost and will produce its richest ideas. Given total freedom, the work is likely to sprawl."- T.S. Eliot The goal from the very beginning was for people to put pen to paper and create art. When Rick and Maria sat down to design the structure of the Zentangle Method, they collected enough information that made it clear that putting pen to paper and creating art is not as easy as it sounds. One might think that giving someone limitless freedom without structure or boundaries would be the best way for people to "be" creative. However, they quickly learned it is quite the opposite. When given guidelines, structure, or constraints to your creative process you tap into innovation, imagination, and focus. We are much more motivated and inspired when we are faced with challenges or limitations. It was this discovery that guided Rick and Maria to provide a series of steps that offer suggestive structure to creatin