That's a good thought. I mean, ideally, it would just be him without anything in front of him. But thinking of compromises, and that seems a good one.

Or just the legal pad (notepad) had tends to have sitting near him). As I'm now thinking--wait, which book? Or open his laptop and hold it in front of his head. Or hold up a plant. Cover his face with his hands. Maybe we can brainstorm. And make it fun? Unless he says definitely no to any of it.