Sunday

Yesterday me, Phil and son, and dear friend Ali La Peche and son, went to the South Bank for the day to look at the Antony Gormley statues and the exhibition at the Hayward Gallery- it was very interesting; yes but is it Art- who cares, it is to us.

It said some interesting things to us, and was a pleasure to look at and think about various things; what made it art for example. Everyone enjoyed it- we had fun spotting the different statues dotted around the city skyline, and then underwent the being in a cloud experience- that was really quite powerful you were completely lost and could only see as far as your own hand if you stretched your arm out...son lost Phil in there, on purpose, and we had fun from the outside watching Phil find his way to the glass to see out. It was fun being with a lot of strangers in that situation, enjoyed it as much as the big sun in the turbine hall at the Tate Modern a few years back; the boys looked at things together which was good as they had each other and are of an age not to be tied to their adults. We enjoyed wondering about and finding out different things about the sculptures - the concrete people in the allotment that looked like they were made of wood; the spiky geometric sculptures with a space the shape of the sculptor inside. I loved the Mother's Pride exhibit- reminded me of when a friend used to send me letters in bizarre casings- once a letter sandwiched between two varnished pieces of toast-the postman always knew the were for me, even if there'd been no name on them.

After that we were hungry, and originally going just me and Phil and the boy, and then plan to go to Yo! Sushi afterwards which is always fun but Ali l-P and son not too sure. It could have been a wierd but ok feasting in separate places and then meeeting later for the train journey home; luckily once they had peeped inside Yo! Sushi and spoken to a helpful waiter, they wanted to eat with us, it was lovely - we had an adults table and a boys table- we all feasted, mmmmm, and had time for another stroll- glorious by the Thames in the late afternoon sun, no horrible hurry for the train, all in all a perfect day - train journey home quick and easy. Thought about creating statues of my family and friends and dotting them around the place- maybe a cluster in Whitby by the Abbey, maybe a couple on the Brentford skyline.