014 The City Can Send You Giddy - RILEXIE RENEE talks about The London Pull

2020-07-21

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RILEXIE RENEE is an artist and a children’s writer. Her artwork is inspired by her brain’s interpretation of music into seeing colours. This is now known as synesthesia. Renee’s sensitivity to sound and sound frequencies has had a huge impact on her life since she was a child. Renee is a Guyanese Amerindian whose family moved to New York as a result of unsettled times and conflict in Guyana during the country's fledgling years as a Republic - Renee was but a young girl at the time. Renee’s transition from a career in finance in New York City to being an artist in London is but one small part of her fascinating story so far. THIS IS RENEE’S ...

RILEXIE RENEE is an artist and a children’s writer. Her artwork is inspired by her brain’s interpretation of music into seeing colours. This is now known as synesthesia. Renee’s sensitivity to sound and sound frequencies has had a huge impact on her life since she was a child. Renee is a Guyanese Amerindian whose family moved to New York as a result of unsettled times and conflict in Guyana during the country's fledgling years as a Republic - Renee was but a young girl at the time. Renee’s transition from a career in finance in New York City to being an artist in London is but one small part of her fascinating story so far.

THIS IS RENEE’S UNIQUE STORY ABOUT LONDON, THE WORLD AND LIFE.

“Embrace the culture of Britain,

Embrace people, embrace yourself.

Surround yourself with good people.

When things go wrong, you take it,

You have to look back in appreciation because it makes you learn.

Without the appreciation for people around me,

Without the people I know and without the people I’ve met along the way,

I probably wouldn’t have loved London.

Along the way you shuffle out of your life the people who are supposed to be there,

and those who are not supposed to be there.

And you find your reason,