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About me

On a very cold day in February I went to Formby Sands and saw the installation of Another Place. This had a powerful affect on me and opened my Soule up to new ideas and emotions that I didn’t think could exist just staring at a bunch of metal figures standing on sand or in water looking at ships. Since then I have been very interested in the idea of mans place in the universe and the way we interact with each other and the world around us. This is starting to all sound all arty farty artistic clap-trap really I am just a bloke who enjoys a bit of art now and again. The idea of travelling 250 miles to stand on a tower for an hour sounds as good as a lottery win to me. Mind you all my friends think I am potty. I haven’t really decided what I am going to do on the plinth but I am sure I would not what to cheapen the experience by trying to wave some political flag or other or whore myself to a to local radio station. I think I would like to go back to the idea of Formby Sands and explore the idea of what it is like to be the metal man standing in the sand and watching the ships sale past on a cold winters day .

Many thank, John preen.

Comments

At 23:45, 10 August 2009 C Booth wrote:

Your "about me" statement was interesting. I watched your spot, and was dead chuffed you were out/proud. I thought I'd see if you were on Twitter to say congrats for proposing.

Then I found your Twitter bio - why so homophobic? (or do you think only men can be gay?)

"Kick a lesbian"? Joke? I'd expect it from the BNP but *shame* on you.
At 17:51, 19 July 2009 aunty pat wrote:

congratulations russ & john cant wait for the big day (hope i get invite) well done john
At 22:25, 18 July 2009 some one wrote:

congrats!
At 22:15, 18 July 2009 Eamon wrote:

Congratulations from the US.

Hope the all the states will allow everybody to get married someday. Land of the free, yeah right, not for everybody.
At 22:14, 18 July 2009 K. Kubic wrote:

So far this is one of the more interesting hours I have viewed. Congratulations, John, on your engagement! I hope all goes well for you!
At 22:09, 18 July 2009 Cressida wrote:

Ahh CONGRATULATIONS!

Thats so cool asking someone to marry you when you're on the plinth :)

Wow!

I feel dead smiley now haha.

Enjoy your hour :)
At 22:08, 18 July 2009 Jackster wrote:

Just seen the proposal, many many congratulations! Hope you have a very happy "MARRRIAGE"! Well done!
At 22:07, 18 July 2009 Steve wrote:

Hi Russ

Good on you mate

I reckon you'll both be very happy!
At 22:07, 18 July 2009 VyVy wrote:

Congratulations!!! how romantic!
At 22:02, 18 July 2009 Lenore wrote:

Hi John

I was in Trafalgar Square the day before it all started and I have just clicked in for the first time. Having read your "about me" I am curious to see what you do. Have fun.

Lenore - artist - Tropical area of Queensland - Australia
At 21:14, 18 July 2009 Ang wrote:

Oh Formby Sands ... now this is another part of what you guys who are prepared to bare you souls on the plinth are achieveing ... I haven't thought about Formby for years and yet I used to ride along those sands every week forty years or so ago now ... had a wonderful horse (not mine, belonged to the riding school) called Brenan ... oh how I enjoyed it ...

Thank you so much for bringing back a part of my life that I had forgotten.

I think this project goes so much deeper than anyone ever imagined and I can only thank you and all the other plinthers for bringing so much to us all.

Thank you and hope it brings much to your life too.

ang
At 19:30, 18 July 2009 Steve Chenery wrote:

Oh go on John you never where one to hide your light under a bushel............lol
At 10:37, 18 July 2009 Yvette Price-Mear wrote:

I'm shamelessly 'whoring myself to a local radio station' - to raise funds for a Charity I founded!