Jean Vengua Reviews Leny Mendoza Strobel's "Zen of Doodles" and "Glimpses"
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Jean Vengua Reviews Leny Mendoza Strobel's "Zen of Doodles" and "Glimpses"

A book review written by Jean Vengua of Glimpses and Zen of Doodles:

In 2016, Leny M. Strobel began using Zentangle to create drawings; some of these drawings went on the cover of her book, Glimpses: A Poetic Memoir (Through the MDR Generator) in 2019. Similar to how I’ve just been starting to focus on basic line and shape in my agimat drawings, she said she found it useful for “getting my mind out of my way.” Part of my own project is also to let the drawing tell me something, and to reduce my “plans” for any one drawing to a minimum.

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North Fork Arts Project: LENY M. STROBEL—"THE ZEN OF DOODLES"

North Fork Arts Project: LENY M. STROBEL—"THE ZEN OF DOODLES"

EILEEN (ET): Please share the background to these doodles or sketches. How did you come to start making them? 

LENY (LS): I started these doodles in 2015 around the time that Zentangle was trending. I have a relative who was into it and she got me interested. I was also in recovery from a medical condition that required me to slow down and be quiet. These doodles were my way of getting my mind out of the way.

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