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To: Gerald R. Lampton who wrote (14832)	12/12/1997 12:59:00 AM
From: Charles Hughes	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

>>> However, I do not feel that spending exhorbitant amounts of money on extravagant art collections is an appropriate use of CORPORATE resources, which are supposed to be directed to the creation of wealth, not its enjoyment or even its preservation through the pursuit of investments unrelated to the main corporate business. <<< Gerry, at the law firms you have worked at, did they have pictures on the walls? I know that all the places I have worked that I thought of as 'nice environments' had art on the walls. Most of the pics cost less than $1000. Most of it is prints and photos and historical documents, and a few paintings. Now I recently started working for one client than has the 'bare walls and cubes' economical decoration philosophy going full steam. And I know when I first walked in my first thought was 'Yeesh, this place looks like s***'. And it probably cost them a couple dollars an hour in my rate during the negotiation. Just because it was going to be so depressing to be there all day. Call me spoiled. I'm not the only one. It's hard enough to get educated people to move to a cultural wasteland like Redmond. This is one thing you can do to help. And that's a good investment. Not to mention the stuff might appreciate. Chaz