Untitled (Say Goodbye, Catullus, to the Shores of Asia Minor),Cy Twombly, 1994
Where there was a meadow,a shore. Wouldn’t that be beautiful, he thought—to return by sea, which of course implies leaving, or a kind of reliefif we can allow it. And it’s true, the beginning of a painting may also bethe beginning of a room. How we followed the canvas toward a door and there was …