Daily Zen: 2025081601

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I have a Bijou Index. It is in a large ring binder, filled with clear pages that have pockets that can hold a Bijou tile.

The pages are in sections, with each section covering a specific topic. The sections include one that has a bijou-sized tile for each tangle that I know, one for strings, with each string on it’s own bijou. One section is devoted to color combinations and another is for techniques.

I recently decided to make a section for reticula and one for fragments.

Above is an example of tiles for a single fragment. The first tile (upper left) is the fragment itself. The other three tiles are a set of four iterations of the fragments arranged in various positions. This exercise can reveal meta patterns that I might not have otherwise discovered.

I created this index because of a lesson from Eni Oken's Art Club" *, The Bijou Raffle. The lesson shows you how to create a resource you can draw from at random of techniques, tangles, and themes to create a tile so you don’t have to think about what to do when you sit down to work. It’s really handy, also when you are creatively stuck or in a slump!

I’ve used this system now for years, adding to it whenever I learn or think of something new.

It is one of my favorite, most heavily used resource!

*Art Club may no longer exist. But you can check in Eni’s Teachable.com site where there are still video lessons.

Zentangle drawn on white cardstock using a black, Micron pen.

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Tangles: Fragment D1