I am so excited about this! I love contemporary art, I regularly go to exhibitions every year, so to be part of this project is a fantastic honour. I imagined getting picked but did not expect it to happen to me, and I have been bouncing around overjoyed all day. I am amazed that, all going well, I will forever be able to say I have been a sculpture in Trafalgar Square.
I'm a teacher of English and media, so I may have to recite a bit of Shakespeare while up on the plinth. I also intend to wave to my mother and the tourists, maybe hold a balloon or blow bubbles. I might announce some of the names of my students that have done amazing things, and people I admire. If I'm feeling really brave I might sing (not for long, it might scare the pigeons). I will take an umbrella in case it rains or I get too hot, and I am now looking for a beautiful dress to wear. I will definitely be contemplating how it feels to be a statue watching down over all the people below, rather than my usual position of someone looking up. Maybe that is why it feels so special.
