[Flaptekst]: The fourth instalment of the Teaching Objects series revolves around Creation. In this art novella the reader is guided by Lisa, a young artist who is facing death. A dialogue with four works by the American painter Cy Twombly emerges from the question of lifes duration, and Lisa discovers the secret of creative speech. The protagonists thoughts bring her to Gaeta, a seaside town near Velia, the ancient Greek town in Italy, now named Elea the place where the school of Parmenides was located in ancient times.