Planet Angel - Live an Ordinary Life in an Extraordinary Way

Involved From/ To: The Beginning to date
Description: Co-Founder
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The summers of 1997, 1998 and 1999 were filled with mad outdoor gatherings at places like Primrose Hill, watching the sun set and rise again with friends, food, wine and music… 

and moon parties held around a huge lake.. We would watch the moon travel over us, as we danced the night away.

I discovered in these kinds of settings, people would shed their inhibitions and share creative talents they normally reserved for the privacy of their own home. I met acrobats and learnt to balance my whole body on the soles of another person feet (and sort-of look elegant with it!), I was read incredible poems that came from the bottom of the heart, I played flute to a field full of people, through a circle of huge shell-speakers… so many fantastic experiences.

The winters were spent indoors; clubbing seemed to fill us with a frustration factor that led to an early departure and a search for another place to have a good time. I felt what was lacking was a space in a club that was balanced and a little more realistic, where people could indulge in activities… art, games, social contact.

After a shocking personal tragedy, I went on to lose a job that had been everything to me for 6 years following the political manoeuvring of a so-called friend… like a rolling stone gathering moss I came close to losing almost everything else as a result.

Out of these dark days came an unstoppable drive & determination to start Planet Angel with Pete.  It was a mad dream, it was a positive focus, it was I think in the end my saviour. I set out to create a positive, safe, social environment through hosting fantastic events and creating a space for like-minded people of all ages to make connections, participate, be creative, have fun, be themselves & feel comfortable… a space where the main factors in clubs - music and lights, were reigned in and balanced with other elements not normally found at these kind of events, such as art and poetry. I invested my heart and soul into the dream, because I needed this space for myself.

We searched for other people who understood what we were creating and could contribute to the elements. Planet Angel began - in its first form - within a night called The Warp Experience in November 1999, with a selection of balanced elements and a wonderful team of people.

The idea for the canvasses came from my living room... I have on the walls a large white board with a frame, put together and painted white, specifically for the purpose of painting on, writing on, sticking things on... anything really. The board is now many years old and over that time has undergone many a transformation! Photographs of it as it has evolved show a snapshot of where I was at, at that moment in time…  it represents stages of my life, reminds me of events... my friends who’ve contributed…

From there the idea for the canvasses (at the Parties) developed. I thought a really huge 'board' contributed to by hundreds of people throughout a Party would be an excellent way to take an artistic record of that event and keep it forever.  It is!
 
Over the years other special people have contributed a piece of their own heart & soul to Planet Angel… the Inspirations Board, the Invites, this very website!  All painstakingly made in what little spare time people have found… so many people have played a hugely significant part in this dream …   without the Contributions of these people Planet Angel would not be what it is today.

And now, we all want to share this place with as many people as possible, life is not a rehearsal and there is so much more still to come!

Angel  x x x