Ode to the Anonymous Inventor

notes on surrender, artistic freedom, chronic illness, and re-finding my creative compass

Hello Friends— I am currently managing some health issues, which means you may see less newsletters over the next month or so. I am grateful for everyone who stays here, for all my paying subscribers, and for everyone here in this community. The thing about being a writer with a paid newsletter and also having an autoimmune disorder is that we are not machines. I am not a production line. I can’t promise you a newsletter every single week, but I can promise that I will continue doing monthly Spacious Centering sessions, and I will do my very best to show up for you in this space. That is all I can promise right now. I can also promise to send you two essays a month, from my heart. I consider it to be an absolute privilege that you read my work, whether you are paying or not. Thank you for being here.

In her essay “Welcoming Ghosts,” Edwidge Danticat writes about Hector Hyppolite, a Haitian artist discovered by the painter Dewitt Peters, while he was on a visit to Haiti.

Hyppolite, Dan…