DIVA 357 & DIVA 357 again

I didn't get many tangle tiles done this week as 'things' happened outside the tangle world. Still, I had tons of fun with the DIVA #357 challenge, highlighting Paradox in a monotangle. Some tangles are best drawn dominating a large part of a tile to really show their potential beauty. Paradox is one of them.

What I don't like on Paradox though is the last bit we draw, the triangles. I tried to avoid them. I also use rectangles like triangles and drew Paradox 'around one corner' and that came out really well, too. In the blue, all corners are rectangles.

Tangle Pattern: Paradox

Paradox in a free-style grid

Tangle Pattern: Paradox

Paradox a la Shell-Xcape

Tangle Patterns: Paradox a  la Shell Xcape with Clob

Paradox initial triangle

Paradox Extended. I started both tiles with a triangle, drew Paradox, and then added extensions to the triangles. Very similar to tangle Hamadox.

Tangle Patterns: Paradox Extended with Lee Bee and
Paradox Extended-Extended

Last week’s IAST challenge, #235, didn’t come easy to me. When it came out and I saw the intense string and many tangles I shook my head and decided to wait. As we know, Time will Tell, and I waited for the 'Tell'. It came last Friday night while I was spread out and relaxed in front of the TV with Shadow snuggled next to me (of course, when else?). Fine, my blog had already gone out, but it wasn’t too late for Adele - yet. This shows again that it is better to let an idea grow in our subconscious mind than to push and force for 'any' tile.

Tangle Patterns: Hollibaugh, Crescent Moon, Bales, Fescu

A Squiggles tiny training tile for Refresher #175. The best part of the tile is the folded border at the top.

Tangle Patterns: Squiggles and Fluxecho

Animal Happy Day

Calves are maybe not everybody's favorite rescue animal videos. Calves are veal and not companions for the majority of us. But here is Harvey, a calf that survived Harvey, the tropical storm, because of people who are not like the majority of us.

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