bio.
Cherise Lily Nana is a Writer, Muse and Lover of all things Venusian. (She's also an editor, but that didn't fit the rhyme.) Cherise enthusiastically began her writing career as a "kid's corner" columnist for a neighbourhood newsletter at age 10 (when Tamagotchis were "in"), and has since worked across the arts & wellness sectors. An avid learner, she holds degrees in Art History and Communications, and has been published in Wildlife Australia, GO magazine, CosmoMuse, Rebelle Society and more.
Cherise Lily Nana is a Writer, Muse and Lover of all things Venusian. (She's also an editor, but that didn't fit the rhyme.) Cherise enthusiastically began her writing career as a "kid's corner" columnist for a neighbourhood newsletter at age 10 (when Tamagotchis were "in"), and has since worked across the arts & wellness sectors. An avid learner, she holds degrees in Art History and Communications, and has been published in Wildlife Australia, GO magazine, CosmoMuse, Rebelle Society and more.
random extras.
- I'm half Ghanaian and half Scottish, born in Australia. I grew up in Sydney's version of a ghetto (housing commission in redfern) as a child and then the beautiful bohemian town of Bellingen in my teens.
- My mum named me after the dancer, Syd Charisse. And my dad gave me the name Nana, which in Twi (local dialect of Ghana) means Grandparent, and represents an ancient form of historical learning: storytelling. (Incidentally 'Lily' was the name of my Scottish Grandmother.) So as far as I see it, I was put on this earth to tell stories... and dance while I'm doing it.
- I'm an ardent art postcard collector. For 20 years now I've been squirrelling away a stash accumulated from art galleries around the world. One of these days I plan to curate a miniature exhibition with my collection.
- I love the places where the industrialised world meets the natural world. Decaying ruins, old piggeries converted into growing spaces, disused train tracks that are overgrown with greenery... In fact I get excited about the intersections between any diverse elements, whether they be cultures, traditions, mediums or schools of thought.
- I'm a tad conscientious. When I was at high school, I was like a kind of communal personal assistant. I had a habit of remembering all my friends' timetables, so at the end of lunch break, people would come to me to ask what class they had next.
- I'm a big romantic. I believe love trumps all, cry at anything, and am an introvert. (INFJ for anyone who is big on personality types.)
- My mum and sister are both psychologists and my dad is a counsellor- you can imagine what we talked about around the dinner table growing up...
- I'm fascinated by death. Not in a creepy way, more in the sense of how it informs life. One of my life goals is to become a palliative care volunteer; to sit with the dying, help to record their biography, and be a witness to their beauty in their final days.
- Yes, you picked it with the death talk- I'm a scorpio moon, leo sun and sagi rising for the fellow astro enthusiasts out there.
