One of life's little moments - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

digderidoo · 09-01-2009, 10:46 AM

In sobriety i have had a few of these, i've recently posted about diving with wild seals a month ago.

I have just had an email about being accepted to be a peice of living art on the empty fourth plinth in Trafalgar Sq.

One & Other

There's an art project going on at the moment there designed by Antony Gormley who designed the Angel of the North, where everyday people spend an hour on the empty plinth for a period of i believe 3 months. Well i applied a couple of months back, as i've always been a bit arty, never thought i'd get on it as the spaces are limited and guess what i've been accepted! Sunday 4th Oct between 10 and 11 am....perfect timing for a day around London too. It will be live on the net on the above site, but i will definately be taking photo's from up there.

Sobriety to me has brought out the person that i always was. Throughout my drinking the real me was always tucked somewhere inside, what i have found is that i'm now living a life that i enjoy and these little things really add quality to it. I'm really looking forward to it, don't know what i'm going to do on it yet, but will enjoy every moment i'm sure.

Anyway thought i'd share it here.

Paul

californiapoppy · 09-01-2009, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by digderidoo

In sobriety i have had a few of these, i've recently posted about diving with wild seals a month ago.

I have just had an email about being accepted to be a peice of living art on the empty fourth plinth in Trafalgar Sq.

One & Other

There's an art project going on at the moment there designed by Antony Gormley who designed the Angel of the North, where everyday people spend an hour on the empty plinth for a period of i believe 3 months. Well i applied a couple of months back, as i've always been a bit arty, never thought i'd get on it as the spaces are limited and guess what i've been accepted! Sunday 4th Oct between 10 and 11 am....perfect timing for a day around London too. It will be live on the net on the above site, but i will definately be taking photo's from up there.

Sobriety to me has brought out the person that i always was. Throughout my drinking the real me was always tucked somewhere inside, what i have found is that i'm now living a life that i enjoy and these little things really add quality to it. I'm really looking forward to it, don't know what i'm going to do on it yet, but will enjoy every moment i'm sure.

Anyway thought i'd share it here.

Paul

I tend to forget things, though I have marked it on my calendar, but can you please remind us here at Secular to check out the site on October 4! Please

digderidoo · 09-01-2009, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by cpoppy

I tend to forget things, though I have marked it on my calendar, but can you please remind us here at Secular to check out the site on October 4! Please

Yeah definately

sfgirl · 09-01-2009, 12:51 PM

omg, that is so cool
will you repost right before you go so I remember to check it?
I think I would be nervous. I don't know what I would do. The girl right now looks like she is typing away on some message board or something

windysan · 09-01-2009, 01:16 PM

?

jamdls · 09-01-2009, 01:17 PM

Cool, I couldn't stand for an hour can you sit?

allport · 09-01-2009, 02:12 PM

Wow Paul that is very cool

Have you decided what you are going to do or is it going to be a suprise?

ElegantlyWasted · 09-01-2009, 02:33 PM

I know artistic endeavors help keep me balanced. For me its photography. Wish I was in the UK to photograph you guys. Sounds like a fun project. Keep it real and balanced and cheers from across the pond.

digderidoo · 09-01-2009, 02:34 PM

I don't know what i'm gonna do yet alley, i'm going to enjoy it that's for sure.

I've put my profile on the website, here's the link

One & Other Daley

You can sit jamdls, you can do whatever you want. I'm definately going to take some photo's.

I'll definately repost the night before i go on sfgirl, i'll put an album up as well, my kids are going to take some photo's.

Art is something i enjoy too EW, but mainly galleries and stuff, rather than creating it.

Paul

jamdls · 09-01-2009, 03:28 PM

I vote for embarassing your kids! That was always 1 of my favorite things to do.

digderidoo · 09-06-2009, 06:37 PM

As an update i think what i'm going to do is be taking photograph's of people passing and having my children take their emails so i can post them a view of themselves from the plinth.

I was going to do some embarassing dancing and try and get the crowd to join in, such as the cha cha slide, macarina, etc. I was also thinking of a partial strip to the Full Monty just to embarass my kids, but as it's 10am on a Sunday morning the only people around will be older people, there's not really a crowd.

I have also found out that there's an exhibit in the National Gallery of a live video stream of the plinth. So i will actually be a piece of art exhibited in the National Gallery lol

Paul

digderidoo · 10-03-2009, 03:07 PM

Hi all,

Been absent from the boards a while, still check in though.

Just a post to remind those that wanted to know i am on the Trafalgar SQ plinth tomorrow on Sunday 4th Oct at 10am GMT+1 ( i think that's what British Summer Time is anyway). You can click on the link above and get a live feed or afterwards on the link below and get a replay. It will also be shown in the National Gallery as an exhibit, who'd have thought it...me a piece of art.

You can see my profile at One & Other I would also ask if anyone adds a message to my profile on this site to be aware of my anonymity and not mention alcoholism or sobriety, etc, etc

Many thanks for those who have pm'ed me.

Paul

allport · 10-03-2009, 06:12 PM

Good luck Paul

Enjoy every second of it and remember to let your kids take lots of photos of you so we can see how it goes

californiapoppy · 10-04-2009, 03:03 AM

I'm watching Sarra is leaving now!

californiapoppy · 10-04-2009, 08:35 AM

Hey I watched you for an hour on and off as I came and went, I feel as if I know you now. You're a badmitten fan, and have lots of phone calls,pretty much the opposite of me... a volleyball fan with NO phone calls ! But your kids were a real plus around you, and it was fun watching!!! Thanks for sharing !!!

digderidoo · 10-04-2009, 05:10 PM

Just got back from London and watched it myself, although i hate looking at myself in home videos etc, and what an accent i have! But hey that's me.

Paul

mistycshore · 10-05-2009, 04:58 AM

Munching, dancing and batting a tennis ball around at the same time. Fun stuff.

09-01-2009, 10:46 AM	#1 (permalink)
digderidoo Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: UK Posts: 470	One of life's little moments In sobriety i have had a few of these, i've recently posted about diving with wild seals a month ago. I have just had an email about being accepted to be a peice of living art on the empty fourth plinth in Trafalgar Sq. One & Other There's an art project going on at the moment there designed by Antony Gormley who designed the Angel of the North, where everyday people spend an hour on the empty plinth for a period of i believe 3 months. Well i applied a couple of months back, as i've always been a bit arty, never thought i'd get on it as the spaces are limited and guess what i've been accepted! Sunday 4th Oct between 10 and 11 am....perfect timing for a day around London too. It will be live on the net on the above site, but i will definately be taking photo's from up there. Sobriety to me has brought out the person that i always was. Throughout my drinking the real me was always tucked somewhere inside, what i have found is that i'm now living a life that i enjoy and these little things really add quality to it. I'm really looking forward to it, don't know what i'm going to do on it yet, but will enjoy every moment i'm sure. Anyway thought i'd share it here. Paul __________________ The mind is everything. What you think you become. ~ Gautam Buddha

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jamdls Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Dallas, Tx Posts: 2,152 Blog Entries: 2	Cool, I couldn't stand for an hour can you sit? __________________ ~~~Judy~~~ "Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up" "With God all things are possible"

09-01-2009, 02:12 PM	#7 (permalink)
allport Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: north yorkshire, england Posts: 1,900	Wow Paul that is very cool Have you decided what you are going to do or is it going to be a suprise? __________________ 'Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too' Douglas Adams

09-01-2009, 02:33 PM	#8 (permalink)
ElegantlyWasted Excellence... not Perfection Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: AZ Posts: 1,190 Blog Entries: 8	I know artistic endeavors help keep me balanced. For me its photography. Wish I was in the UK to photograph you guys. Sounds like a fun project. Keep it real and balanced and cheers from across the pond. __________________ "We're all told at some point in time that we can no longer play the children's game, we just don't...we don't know when that's gonna be. Some of us are told at eighteen, some of us are told at forty, but we're all told."

09-01-2009, 12:51 PM	#4 (permalink)
sfgirl Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 696	omg, that is so cool will you repost right before you go so I remember to check it? I think I would be nervous. I don't know what I would do. The girl right now looks like she is typing away on some message board or something

09-01-2009, 02:34 PM	#9 (permalink)
digderidoo Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: UK Posts: 470	I don't know what i'm gonna do yet alley, i'm going to enjoy it that's for sure. I've put my profile on the website, here's the link One & Other Daley You can sit jamdls, you can do whatever you want. I'm definately going to take some photo's. I'll definately repost the night before i go on sfgirl, i'll put an album up as well, my kids are going to take some photo's. Art is something i enjoy too EW, but mainly galleries and stuff, rather than creating it. Paul __________________ The mind is everything. What you think you become. ~ Gautam Buddha

09-01-2009, 03:28 PM	#10 (permalink)
jamdls Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Dallas, Tx Posts: 2,152 Blog Entries: 2	I vote for embarassing your kids! That was always 1 of my favorite things to do. __________________ ~~~Judy~~~ "Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up" "With God all things are possible"

09-06-2009, 06:37 PM	#11 (permalink)
digderidoo Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: UK Posts: 470	As an update i think what i'm going to do is be taking photograph's of people passing and having my children take their emails so i can post them a view of themselves from the plinth. I was going to do some embarassing dancing and try and get the crowd to join in, such as the cha cha slide, macarina, etc. I was also thinking of a partial strip to the Full Monty just to embarass my kids, but as it's 10am on a Sunday morning the only people around will be older people, there's not really a crowd. I have also found out that there's an exhibit in the National Gallery of a live video stream of the plinth. So i will actually be a piece of art exhibited in the National Gallery lol Paul __________________ The mind is everything. What you think you become. ~ Gautam Buddha

10-03-2009, 03:07 PM	#12 (permalink)
digderidoo Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: UK Posts: 470	Hi all, Been absent from the boards a while, still check in though. Just a post to remind those that wanted to know i am on the Trafalgar SQ plinth tomorrow on Sunday 4th Oct at 10am GMT+1 ( i think that's what British Summer Time is anyway). You can click on the link above and get a live feed or afterwards on the link below and get a replay. It will also be shown in the National Gallery as an exhibit, who'd have thought it...me a piece of art. You can see my profile at One & Other I would also ask if anyone adds a message to my profile on this site to be aware of my anonymity and not mention alcoholism or sobriety, etc, etc Many thanks for those who have pm'ed me. Paul __________________ The mind is everything. What you think you become. ~ Gautam Buddha

10-03-2009, 06:12 PM	#13 (permalink)
allport Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: north yorkshire, england Posts: 1,900	Good luck Paul Enjoy every second of it and remember to let your kids take lots of photos of you so we can see how it goes __________________ 'Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too' Douglas Adams

10-04-2009, 03:03 AM	#14 (permalink)
californiapoppy Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: France Posts: 764	I'm watching Sarra is leaving now! __________________ Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.

10-04-2009, 08:35 AM	#15 (permalink)
californiapoppy Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: France Posts: 764	Hey I watched you for an hour on and off as I came and went, I feel as if I know you now. You're a badmitten fan, and have lots of phone calls,pretty much the opposite of me... a volleyball fan with NO phone calls ! But your kids were a real plus around you, and it was fun watching!!! Thanks for sharing !!! __________________ Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.

10-04-2009, 05:10 PM	#16 (permalink)
digderidoo Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: UK Posts: 470	Just got back from London and watched it myself, although i hate looking at myself in home videos etc, and what an accent i have! But hey that's me. Paul __________________ The mind is everything. What you think you become. ~ Gautam Buddha

10-05-2009, 04:58 AM	#17 (permalink)
mistycshore Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 271	Munching, dancing and batting a tennis ball around at the same time. Fun stuff. __________________ Misty

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