Anonymous
hello friends,
i’m sorry to say that the project is not going as planned. not only can we not get a dependable location on where the shirt is or answers from the last recipient, but we’ve hit a bit of a road block internally as well. i regret to say that it’s been a bit discouraging, to say the least. it would be a lie to say that i’m not hurt emotionally by some of the things i’ve seen going on among friends and family here. it’s not easy to talk about. it never is.
i can’t help but think about the original spirit of this project, when everyone felt so optimistic and bonded together by one single thread of love for something so powerful and fundamental as music. not even just grunge, let’s put that away for a second. it’s not just grunge- the name grunge shirt is almost a misnomer. if we have to be existential about it, grunge itself is merely a word that means almost nothing. this is for everyone, our whole family, anyone who loves and cares about music at all, in general. it’s easy to lose sight of that. it’s easy to want to pick out differences between us but through that, we forget what we share, which is love and passion for music. and through it, i hope, a love and passion for each other. it hurts my heart when it is any different.
it was our goal to bring people together and the events that have surrounded the shirt have done anything but as of late.
what was once a project that felt like a glue to bond strangers all around the world suddenly feels like the opposite.
but i refuse to let these unfortunate events stand in the way of the project. i don’t know if the shirt itself is lost, but it’s nothing that can’t be done again. there can and will be more shirts, but our family, our community, and our friendships, can’t be recreated.
i believe this is the perfect time, better than any, to start over. to be fresh. i am deeply saddened that the hard work we have all put into this is mostly unaccounted for, but it’s a passion that i would do a thousand times over if the situation called. and this is only shot number two.
i want to thank everyone who has been so patient and involved, despite the trouble we’ve faced.
that being said, i would like to ask for your help. if anyone would like to be involved, please let me know. this is a lot to do between the few of us and it is almost becoming a cross to bear. it would just mean the world to me simply to know that people still care and love each other because i haven’t felt that collective sense of love in so long, a love that i felt was strongest when we all worked on this together.
it’s time to work on it again.
i would love to insert cheesy live to rise lyrics here because of how appropriate that would be, but let’s not do that.
i love all of you. grunge shirt does not discriminate.
thank you.
ps: in light of this, we will make more shirts. so if you missed the first wave to sign up, i want you to leave your name with us and we will make the proper arrangements. no music lover left behind. we will make as many shirts and notebooks as it takes to cover everyone. i promise.
