If you were to send yourself a message in a bottle from your wiser self, what would it say?
A view of the fourth plinth on Trafalgar Square, London, in June 2010
I visited London for the first time in 2010, as it happens, just a month or so after the fourth plinth on Trafalgar Square was topped by a model of the HMS Victory, flagship of Nelson, inside of a giant bottle.
I remember this sight being the first to catch my attention when I neared the square within hours of my arrival in London. The idea of playing around with size in this way (ship that is normally huge, now small, bottle that is normally small, now huge) wowed me.
It reminded me of a message in a bottle (remember the “Time in a Bottle” Jim Croce song?).
The installation on the fourth plinth was a message sent from the past to the present. A message about the courage shown during the battle of Trafalgar perhaps? Or one that reminds us that war is always tragic? Or the one applicable to me at the time: miracles can happen. The impossible is possible.
If you were to send yourself a message in a bottle from your wiser self, what would it say?
PS If you are as curious about interesting things as I am, read more about the art installations on the fourth plinth here.
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