From the upstairs window at Arrowhead, the home of Herman Melville, you can still make out the mountaintops that inspired the great American author of Moby-Dick fame. The view is quite different now, for there are many more trees in the field adjacent to the mountains, obscuring visitors’ views.
Yet, if you imagine the environment as it was for Melville, you can make out the head and tail of the great whale that inspired Melville to write his American epic. In the winter when Melville looked upon Mt. Greylock, it was covered in bright white snow, forming a giant white whale. This is the ultimate display of just how much, we as writers, are influenced by the things around us. So, if you have writer’s block, look out the window! You never really know what may inspire you out there.