forgot to buy my train tickets
didn’t care
missed my tax return
cried at the Barbara Walker exhibition
Starved
didn’t come tonight but glad I did
died. I was in the Nevada Desert. Alone. On a road. At dusk. After a truck smashed my vehicle. 1981. Age 19.
cried
became an eagle scout
won on a 2p machine
forgot the dog
am full
booked a holiday
saw a shark on the Barrier reef
went to Paradise Park
Cried sitting downstairs on the bench with my headphones on
didn’t say yes to what turned out to be the best weekend of my life
ate sushi today but I wish I had
finished that email I’ve been putting off
flew back to Australia
cooked my face
went to Margate instead of Eastbourne
got knocked out by a wooden plank but it missed
have been inspected
didn’t come today thinking that maybe it wouldn’t be great but I’m glad I did! Nice to see artistic creations.
drowned on Brighton Beach
was credited on Cliff Richard’s ‘ wired for sound’ album
didn’t come back in
applied for a new job today
got a dog
ran into a seesaw
had a normal life
lost my phone
missed the bus
am blind
wasted a lot of money on an electrician
punched a teenager
ran away
found true love
spoke to Princess Diana at the Women of the Year launch
cried today
kissed them
picked up a kitten
bought a picture at the Charleston Lewes Art gallery
got a taxi, but the weather was too good so I walked
married the wrong person
rode in an aston martin DB4 until the owner had to go and have new tyres fitted to it – such regrets!
slept enough
got the job
had a shag
fostered an American Bulldog
ran out of time
very very miss my two dogs
did not come to the turner exhibition
Mr Almost Man (Stuart Waters) asked Towner Eastbourne visitors to tell him moments in their lives when they “almost…”. This is a selection of their answers.