About The Newsletter



Most of the time, whenever I find myself in a state of fear or worry or anxiety—it just means I’m missing information. There’s something I’m not seeing, something I’m not understanding, and if I can get my hands on the missing detail or the concept that’s going to help me see a situation differently—the fear chills out. The puddle of “stuck” I’ve been pruning in dissolves and I can re-find my flow. 

Open Book is a newsletter designed to connect you with a single piece of information that can have the biggest impact on your life. It’s also meant to feel like a letter from a friend or like a book club where you don’t have to read the whole book, you get to show up and just go one page at a time.

About Me, Brooke



Image Credits || Collage 1: Horizon, November 1960; my bookshelves (2025); The sky in Donón, Spain (2021); Excerpt from History by Ralph Waldo Emerson; Assortment of books including Cosmos by Carl Sagan (Emporda, Spain 2018). The Premise: “The Voyage of Life: Old Age” by artist Thomas Cole / The Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson || Community: Oceanology: The Secrets of the Seas Revealed || About Me: Me (Newark Airport, 2024); The brook behind my Baba’s home in Ukraine (photo by Paige Mazurek); Text overlay from Horizon, November 1960; The doorway from the inside of Encís a.k.a “Enchantment” (Emporda, Spain 2018).