Harlem Writes

When something stands out to me, I make a special point not to ignore it. In 2007 my husband was commissioned by Hennessy to paint an artistic interpretation of their tagline "Flaunt Your Taste." An exhibition was held in this beautiful loft in SoHo where i met a guy named Sekou. I do not remember our conversation, but that event solidified for me that I no longer wanted to be a lawyer. I decided that I was meant to be in the creative world where I felt much more comfortable.

Anyway, I got Sekou's card that night and it read "SekouWrites" in an interesting font and over the next four years his card would periodically pop up out of nowhere. At the time, I was living in Washington, DC. In 2009 I quit my law firm job and started my own creative arts agency and, in 2011 I move to Harlem where I am currently writing my first book.

Well, 'Lem would have it that I was reading through the last issue of Uptown Magazine and I see his byline. Duly noted. Fast forward less than a month and, lo and behold, SekouWrites pops up again. This time supporting me as I finally enter the Twitterverse by including me on his #FF list for the day! We are yet to connect, but I suspect when we do it will be purposeful. The spirits of the writers of the Harlem Renaissance have definitely spoken...stay tuned.

-The Muse

Me and Fortune are Friends

Living on 11 9 on the 10th anniversary of 9 11
Feels familiar
My RACs are one 9 and two 11s
even 911 is 11
been experiencing the 11:11 phenomenon
found it on google

8th anniversary of my beautiful union
32nd year of my blessed birth
A-MusE-N launching 10/10 on 1480
writing about 408, my childhood home
a childhood began on 8/8
how you like them odds?

#1 hustler, aka Mom, arrives on the 7th
beach bound the 11th
Battery Park, NYC, 1 West St., 26th floor in '01
DC in 2004, 7 years gone
Harlem, NYC '11
7-11, 7-11

Liking my chances of seeing many more 9/11s
48 to be exact
10 revelations of 8.

-The Muse