On February 17th, Tessa Mars’s exposition, titled “Tessalines et Moi” opened at the French Institute in Haiti. According to Mars, “The object of this series of paintings and drawings done in residence in Port of Spain is Tessalines,” my alter ego. This character is a naked woman who shares my morphology but has attributes of her own. Her skin is covered with scales, she wears a general's hat with horns and overturned sunglasses, all of which relate to the history and traditions of the country. It is a representation of my inner world, and I us