Frank Lloyd Wright and Clutter

A few weeks ago, I finished reading 'Loving Frank' by Nancy Horan. It was about the romance of Frank Lloyd Wright (famous architect) and Mamah Borthwick Cheney. It was a riveting story with a tragic ending. Everyone at my book chat loved the book, and rated it high.

Here's my favorite excerpt from the book:

He (Wright) seemed to feel space and objects with the sensitivity of a bat. She (Mamah) remembered many evenings when he'd sit down to dinner and promptly swept aside his silverware. It was a habit that struck Mamah as crude, almost contemptuous, since she had just set the table only moments before.

'Why do you do that?' she'd asked him once.

'Do what?'

'Push aside your silver that way, as if you're angry.'

'I hate clutter.'

'Silverware is clutter?' she asked.

'Until I'm ready to use it, yes.'

Ok, I'll even admit that's a little over the top as far as being organized goes. But I love it that the subject of organization made it into this book.

The next book on my agenda: In A Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson

Comments

[Harriet Clark]

Because of your comments about LOVING FRANK, I read it and loved it and have passed it along to my daughter-in-law. Thank you!!
Harriet Clark