Positive15 Bytes\"In Chalk, Rivkin does an admirable job of fleshing out [Twombly\'s] life ... The humming mystery emanates from the life as much as the work ... While [Rivkin\'s] patient, loving exploration succeeds in so many ways, the book is charged with the sense of what is unfinished, what is left unrevealed. Since this is what attracts us to the art, we may learn to accept it in the life as well.\
