Zentangle: A Technique For Clarity Of Thought
Finding Your “Aha” Moment

Posted by EdmontonPM

Jan 1

Live Webinar January 8th, 2014 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Min Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Presented by: Fissure Corporation (Rep 1026)

Note: Although the Fissure Corporation is an REP this opportunity may not have an activity number number. This session qualifies as a category C PDU under human resources. Further information information on recording the PDU will be available at the session.

As a Project Manager, you’ve no doubt experienced the Eureka effect, when you realized the solution to a complex project problem or stakeholder conflict while standing in the shower or commuting to work.

Did you yell”Eureka“ as Archimedes did? While you “slept on it” the unconscious brain was working on the problem.

We can also trigger the unconscious brain
to work on a problem while we aredoodling.

Zentangle is a “structured doodling” that allows theunconscious brain to focus on resolving project issuesand developing creative problem solutions. All this without having to leave the office or jump in the shower.

Increase your“Aha moments“!

Learn ho Zentangle can:

Improve your Emotional Intelligence,

Improve your Focus,

Increase your Creativity and

Help focus your Decision-Making.

– EdmontonPM

What is Zentangle? It is combination of art and meditation.

Through the meditative aspects, Zentangle may:

Reduce stress and anxiety at work and in your personal life
Be useful as an anger management tool, like counting to 10
Increase focus
Be useful to insomniacs.

Practiced meditation can lead to clarity of mind that is more able to focus. It may mean the end of stress and result in a boost to personal well-being.

Zentangle is also fascinating art form which:

Inspires and releases creativity by bringing out the artist in you
Provides artistic satisfaction
Develops or restores Fine Motor Skills in the young, old and infirm (for instance stroke recovery)

Zentangle Is Intuitive

Zentangle is fun, relaxing and lighthearted. It intentionally facilitates a shift in focus and perspective.
You can think of it as an informal form of meditation.
Zentangle is unencumbered by dogma and cost which can weigh on other approaches.
Nevertheless, Zentangle is sufficiently structured and organized so you can enjoy and benefit from an activity that otherwise might be considered whimsical.

Tools required: fine tip pen, paper and pencil.

Zentangle is enjoyed by individuals all over the world who have a wide range of skills and ages, and is used in many fields of interest.

With Zentangle, anyone can create beautiful images from repetitive patterns. This method is easy to learn and easy to do. Even though it is a specified series of steps, it results in a creative expression that transcends its own rules.

It is the repetitive aspects of the drawing that induces the meditation.

This seminar introduces you to Zentangle by illustrating the steps required to create this art form and provides sources of information for those interested.

Here are some Great Books on Zentangle:

Zentangle Basics – Suzanne McNeill CZT
The Zentangle Untangled Workbook: A Tangle-a-Day to Draw Your Stress Away – Kass Hall
Joy of Zentangle: Drawing Your Way to Increased Creativity, Focus, and Well-Being – Suzanne McNeill CZT
Totally Tangled: Zentangle and Beyond – Sandy Steen Bartholomew
One Zentangle A Day: A 6-Week Course in Creative Drawing for Relaxation, Inspiration, and Fun (One A Day) – Beckah Krahula
The Art of Zentangle: 50 inspiring drawings, designs & ideas for the meditative artist – Margaret Bremner

Anyone Can Zentangle!

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 9 – Human Resources

9.3 Develop Project Team
9.4 Manage Project Team

As a Category C ‘Self Directed Learning Activity’ remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’

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