I have never been to the Guggenheim Museum in New York.  I have only been to New York once, when I was 19, and didn’t have a chance to go to any museums during my short, two day visit.  I did some shopping, including discovering Byblos Perfume, and going to my first Urban Outfitters.

So I’ve never been to any museum in New York.  I love museums.  I would love to return to New York for museums and food.  I love both.

I also love Lego.  This is a Lego version of the Guggenheim in New York.  It was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, who has been called the 20th Century’s most important architect.  I became interested in Lego as a young kid, as most Western kids do, and I became a fan of architecture in elementary school.

In fourth grade (grade four to you Canadians) I was picked out to take a test to see if I could participate in ELP.  “ELP” stood for Enhanced Learning Program.  The test I took was, I later learned, an IQ test.  I have no clue what my intelligence quotient is, but I do know I was asked to join the ELP program.  I feel kind of bad because I “passed” the test partially based on a tip from Cynthia who was leaving the testing room as I entered.  Cynthia told me to look at the clock in the mirror.  There were a number of questions that required calculating of time that was helped by seeing a clock, even if it was seeing the clock in reverse.  I was allowed into ELP and Cynthia was not, and I honestly would not have thought to look in the mirror if she hadn’t suggested it to me.  I’m not convinced that utilizing that mirror wasn’t part of the test.

Being in ELP meant that once a week or so I left my class to join with the very few other ELP kids for special classes.  We did some crafts.  We must’ve done some other things.  What I remember most, though, is studying architecture.  We were visited by an architect who showed us blueprints of a shopping center he was designing.  He told us that due to Santa Rosa‘s rules about sign height he couldn’t design the Golden Arches to be too obnoxious.

After learning about various kinds of building structures, we walked around Steele Lane Elementary‘s neighborhood picking out the architectural features about which we had learned.  I still do this now, to a degree.  When I go to a new city I like to explore the architecture, or at least go on a architectural-based tour.

I put the Guggenheim together via Lego directions.  Next, I’m going to conquer Falling Water.  Both are Frank Lloyd Wright designs in the Architecture series.

I swear.  True story.

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