Of studies and views
"I remembered taking Whittaker Chambers to my office here one day in 1955, with lighthearted trepidation. Not because of the mess (he wouldn't mind messy offices - he'd mind people who minded messy offices), but because I had fixed windows installed in the top half of the garage doors, giving me a copious view of the lawn and garden, though not the eastern view into Long Island Sound. . .Whittaker had once told me, on taking me down to his own cellar office in Pipe Creek Farm, which had no windows at all, that an engaging view was distracting to a writer; but his discipline was always self-directed - I never knew a less censorious man about others' ways. And he did not say anything about the seductive view to the left of my desk. Chambers had told me that a scenic view from one's desk is the great enemy of productivity."
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William F. Buckley, Jr.
Great. 'Tis the season, eh?
My favorite WFB picture. Must have been an inspiring space. Chambers and Harrison are wrong.
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The annual read that refreshes. I agree. I like a view.
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