A good traveler doesn’t know where he is going.

Approaching Xanadu

A good traveler is one who does not know where he is going to, and a perfect traveler is one who does not know where he came from.
- Lin Yu-t’ang (1895-1976)

Xanadu — the name conjures a place beyond destination, a landscape that recedes as you approach. This painting lives in that spirit: open water, the quiet of not-yet-arriving.