Surf's Up (Part II): Day 39

I'm so tired of the camera on my iPhone. It's really not that great -- but it is convenient.  I always "mean" to pull out my super-duper Canon Rebel and take some real pictures, but it always becomes a bit too inconvenient.  So for now, I continue on with the iPhone.  I did, however, take more detailed shots of individual sections.  So here goes:

The Gestalt

After drawing these symbols, I kept going back to the red object protruding out puzzling over what it reminded me of; finally, I decided it was a surfboard!  So here's a closer look at that surfboard:

Exploring the surfboard!

Beyond surfing, I've loved adding more color to my Zentangles.  This reminds me of a spring garden, and it even seems to include the snails and snakes we might encounter in such a garden.

And now I've discovered asemic writing! Asemic writing looks like writing, although it can't be read. The idea is to glean meaning from abstract shapes.  It is both an ancient and postmodern art form.

The big question in the genre seems to be whether asemic writing is mere scribbling or doodling.  Haven't we all done some "asemic" writing while sitting in some interminable meeting waiting for the speaker to stop droning on and on?  The difference seems to be that asemic writing is done with intentionality.  The artist approaches her subject with the intention to convey certain emotions/information.  Whether this is more of a visual art rather than writing is a more difficult question.  "[A]semic writing seeks to make the reader hover in a state between reading and looking." For me, it is a distinction without a difference so I'll simply let it be.

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And for the finale of Surf's Up:

I added some more asemic writing and then just let the muse take me where it wanted.  (Pic quality isn't great, but I've already put everything away.  May try to re-post tomorrow).