No. 8: MOOSEWORKS. Overcome by the relentless nostalgie de la boue of Canadian naturalism, he decides to sculpt a moose. In the end, he is dissatisfied with it, finding himself unable to overcome the inescapable fragrance of kitsch-nationalism the creature exudes.

No. 7: The Oracle. Sometimes, when he was out of ideas, he'd sit by his oracle, which would whisper to him suggestions from the sea.

No.6: The Layered Look. He decides that for six months, everything he makes will be in layers. He even pours himself a gigantic Pousse-Cafe--a cocktail consisting of four liqueurs of differing densities, the thickest and heaviest one at the bottom, supporting all the increasingly lighter ones above it.

No.5: The Garden of Chemical Delights or The Agony of Choice