Trying to be is not easy for me

Today I must come clean. Trying to be has been an experiment in my journey as a film maker. But like many things in my life this blog got lost along the way. As well as a film maker I am a mother of 4 young children, an active domestic goddess and a committed singer. Now that the past 2 months of what feels like a tornado of children, school return and domestic catch up has somewhat settled down, I will attempt to pick it up and continue to blog about the fantastic film making process I am privileged to be part of. The truth is I am trying to be a film maker and make the best film I can about some of the most interesting, funny, generous and talented people I have met in a long time. Drags Aloud have opened their hearts and lives to me over the past 2 years and I feel overwhelmed today with the responsibility I have to make a documentary that fully conveys the creativity, determination and love I have witnessed over this time.

Yesterday I returned from Adelaide after being with Amanda, Jess, Kris and Linda for 4 days and nights as they prepared for and opened their new show "Drags Aloud at the Movies" in The Garden of Unearthly Delights" as part of the Adelaide Fringe Festival. What an amazing experience I had!  What amazing insight and footage we captured of those days. Drags Aloud were tolerant and generous with me and my camera operator, Natcho. They hugged us, feed us and let me film the most stressful and difficult moments of their fantastic artistic journey thus far. I now need to rest, think about and then process what I have seen and now understand. I will use this blog to try to work it all out. It is me who is Trying to be and it is me who finds it not easy.