Taking Stock

I'm always thinking about what holds our lives together and how threads from various places end up weaving their way into where we are today.  This image is of a piece I did back in 2003, before my Golden Artist Colors Working Artist training and before I really thought about teaching art.  I was still learning.  I am still learning.  My sense of color and design is still pretty much the same, although I know so much more about textures and products and pattern than I did at this time.  I love vintage images especially when I can use them to convey a story of some kind.  I called this one "The Proposal."  The story has to do with choices.  I let you figure out the rest!  My question to you today is:  Are you still learning? What is new by you?