I am still having fun experimenting with the watercolor pencils, so today I decided to try something a little more abstract. I based it on a picture I took at the Milliken State Park this summer. I found the hints of colors in my original photo and amplified them. I had fun with this little painting. Earlier today I was talking about how I give myself permission to experiment with full expectation of the possibility of failure. For most of my life I have let a fear of failing keep me from trying new things. In the last few years I have been working on this within myself. By allowing myself to fail, I have far more successes than I had when I was limiting myself to what I was already comfortable doing. It is one of the gifts she has given to me. I always say, being old is my superpower.

In what ways has your creative experience changed as you have aged?