I was delighted at how he experimented and how fearless he was in trying something new. The models that sometimes looked like buildings with crumpled foil taped on the top were shown built in many different ways until Gehry was satisfied. Photographs of the finished products were shown so the evolution of the design and working process was presented. Buildings sometimes echoed the environment in which they were placed. They looked like mountains, plateaus, or whatever, and yet they worked. A horseÕs head format was used several times as the core of a building. The experimental part of the process was all laid out for us to see. Gehry was constantly turning designs around. (He even drew an initial design on a napkin!) Gehry would not have and probably could not have come up with his fantastic innovations had he not spent time experimenting. All this reinforced what I know is an important part of the creative process. Experimentation is built into every project in our Odyssey Art Centers on land as well as our program on board ships. Making sketches to crystallize ideas, ÒplayingÓ with materials to see what they will do, and choosing oneÕs own materials are important aspects in creating and need to be addressed as much as the subject matter itself.