Hey Life’s Like That community, This is our first “official” Podcast. I’m so excited to introduce you to our 2nd Chance Hero Rosemary Blight. Rosemary is the Founder, Producer and owner of Goalpost Pictures (apologies I do refer to the studios rather than Goalpost Pictures in the podcast), which she had built with an incredible team. Please check out the link to find out more https://goalpostpictures.com/television https://goalpostpictures.com/television Rosemary is a wonderfully warm and generous woman and is such a blessing, not only to interview, but to work with. Through this interview we discuss what lead her into this work, from “Special Education” as it was known back then, to working in the music business, making music videos, cleaning houses to building a very successful production company. I find it so fascinating hearing people’s life journeys and how so often we can plan to do one thing and then end up somewhere completely different. This is my journey also. We do not truly know what trajectory we are on, we are often just navigating the twists and turns, which can be difficult and challenging. And sometimes it seems to organically finds us. Working with Rose on Black Snow 2 (and then 3) really has been a life changing time and helped be one of the catalysts for me to realise that what was missing from my life was more creative expression, hence Life’s Like that 2nd Chance Heroes. Black Snow 3, which has just started filming, will be released on Stan, and in the meantime you can watch Black Snow 1 and 2. They are a powerful cold case detective series with Travis Fimmel. I thought in honour of International Day of Creativity and innovation on April 21 it would be fitting to interview Rosemary who is not only a creative, but set up a company that raises up new talent as well. When AI Fails Sadly the picture above is the only visual I have of my interview with Rosemary Blight. She was so generous in our conversation and I really appreciated the honesty she brought to this episode. Unfortunately, although I had a well-edited episode for my first time with video ready to go last week, it did not come to fruition. Watching it back before we loaded it, I noticed a section missing. I went back to rectify to this and found the whole episode gone. On a deadline with Sabine’s availability to be able to do the next process I set about re-editing the whole episode again, laughing at the same parts and learning more each time I listened. Happy with what I had done, I woke up early to ensure we were ready to go…To my shock the episode had disappeared again! Totally stressed at the deadline looming and knowing there was no other time with Sabine, I set out to re-edit the whole episode again. Sleep deprived and my body being really challenged, I was only able edit half by the time we met. We went back and looked at the platform to find it had amalgamated all the episodes into a 2 hour long episode with no clarity on which one was which. I then set about trying to fix this to only realise it was going to be futile, as I felt my insides tighten and restrict with the looming job ahead of me, I knew I had to pivot. I had decided after a brief trial, and success, to use a new/different platform from the Taster episodes. After so much stress and so much self talk to keep going, I have gone back to the original audio version of editing for now. Though it is not the first episode that I was so proud of, it is still a great interview in terms of Rosemary and what she shares. The great thing about it is that I still continued to laugh at the same parts and felt more encouraged each time I heard it! A huge thanks to Rosemary for her generosity in sharing her journey during filming and looming cyclones, and as Rosemary says, “You and your voice should be heard. You have a right to be heard. You have a right to be here.” I really hope you enjoy this interview as much as I did…and as Rosemary says “I did it, We did it” and lets celebrate those wins in our lives, “big” or “small.” When we do, we reprogram our neural pathways and enable our brains to look out for what we do well, and it helps us to see the people who walk with us along the journey. So remember Life’s Like That. With so many challenges around us, it’s good to remind ourselves there are things that we can draw around us to inspire us and help us to rewire, to see what we have achieved. From getting out of bed to building a company, it’s all to be acknowledged. When we give to ourselves, we have so much more to give to others. Let’s not shut down to cope, but reach out to those people who sit with us in the struggle and help us navigate better ways to engage. Because Life’s like that and together we can do this thing called life, and be the 2nd chance heroes we need to be. Warmest TalieLiving and working on Aboriginal Land with gratitude These posts and podcasts are brought to you with the assistance of Sabine Hattersley, my post-production assistant. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lifeslikethat.substack.com
