No. 50. Mental Blocks. It was clear, even to him, that he was regressing. Recently, he had painted from Kleenex Boxes. Then he commissioned his mother (his mother!) to knit gigantic woolen balls for him. Now, in his search for the elemental, he had spent far too much time and effort fabricating solid wooden cubes--each 2' x 2' x2'--which he laboriously painted in clean, pure colours. In the end, they did not delight him.