Recently I let Isabelle loose on one of my lesser used computers, and opened up Photoshop for her. I gave almost no instruction and she has completely surprised me with various paint settings she has stumbled into. I'm not sure she could repeat everything she's done, but she is fearless in exploring options. She also figured out how to add text, position it, and change its color and font all by herself. She's five years old. I'm not naming names, but I've worked with editors 10 times her age that couldn't figure that out. You know who you are, and I love you. Wouldn't it be great if we could all have that lack of fear of hitting the wrong button?

Anyway, I'm posting a few of my favorites. I'm also intrigued by her decision process as far as when a piece is complete. One of my absolute favorites is the one that has only two lines of rainbow colored text. She cranked it out in about three minutes, studied it for three more minutes before pronouncing with absolute finality, "It's done. Save it, Mom."