Series 1 Episode 7 Summary:
Athene Parker is in glorious conversation with ex BBH Deputy ECD Rosie Arnold. Rosie is a multi award-winning Art Director who has had a huge career in advertising, with a gifted start, bagging a placement at BBH before she had even finished her degree, going on to work there for 33 years. Rosie is the inventor of the white pencil (the ‘good works in the world’ pencil) while President of D&AD for their 50th year, lifetime achievement award winner, mother of two and now prolific painter of clouds! As a tiny nugget if you haven’t listened already, Rosie made the point to say menopause at least twice a day in boardroom meetings while she was in peri - WAY before menopause was anything other than the unspoken M word. GO ROSIE!
The chat is weaved around a trip down a musical memory lane. Sit back, relax and enjoy!
Tracks:
The emPOWER Breakfast – Rosie Arnold Spotify Playlist
We discuss themes of loss and grief due to leukaemia. If you’re supporting a loved one or looking for community and information, visit Leukaemia UK.
Finding Support:
Rosie’s Recommendations:
Rosie shared some of the things that helped her during grief after losing her beloved husband, Pete:
Poem:
The Peace of Wild Things – Wendell Berry
When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
Book:
Healing After Loss – Martha Whitmore Hickman
“It helped me feel connected to everyone who has ever lost someone they love. Now I give it to anyone I know who's grieving.”
Listening:
“I found reading hard after Pete died, but audiobooks helped me escape. I'm slowly returning to reading again.”
Art:
Joseph Cornell – “His magical boxes, half-game, half-mystery, still captivate me.”
Biographies:
“I love reading about overlooked or misunderstood women in history – Lee Miller, Catherine the Great…”
Podcasts:
The Curious History of the Home – “Everyday objects, with extraordinary stories. Fascinating.”
And finally:
“My son Leo is an artist I deeply admire. He’s represented by Annet Gelink in Amsterdam.”
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