Hey Everyone
I’m writing just to fill you in on a few things that have happened in the past few weeks!
Shirts - The Ragamonster Tattoo Co. Shirt has been abandoned, sorry to everyone I might have promised one to (excluding the winner of the contest), but the shirt will more than likely not be created. I’ve had a lot of issues with the emlusion and exposure process of my screen making (technical jargon, I know) and it is more than likely not going to happen. However, with that being said, I have been working on some new stuff periodically that will (hopefully) out-do the Tattoo Co shirt and will excite you even more! Please do stay posted as i am very serious about this
Plaques - Running in theme with the Tattoo Co. shirt, plaques have been a bit of an issue too. I created about 5 new plaques that I was ready to hang when I realized that the silicone I was using to secure them wasn’t drying in time and thus not allowing the plaques to stick. However, recently I think I have solved this problem and am hoping to get some more out there for your finding soon!
Spreading the word - I am hopefully (funny how I keep saying that, considering Ragamonster is all about hope eh?) going to be setting up some sort of advertisement within WDSS (for all of you that go to my school) in order to revive things. I won’t explain just yet what i am hoping to do but if it works, it should be pretty eye catching :)
Light painting - How many of you have heard of this beautiful art? I have been lucky enough to do some of it before and lately I have been more inclined to do it, however this time with Hope and Ragamonster playing key roles in all of the photos. Sound cool? Check out Flickr for some cool (unphotoshopped) light painting pictures if you’ve never heard of it!
The big twist? - Even MORE so than all of this, I have slowly been imagining how I could expand Ragamonster. I know I’ve got some ground still to cover, but why should we contain our thoughts? Anyways, I REALLY don’t wanna give anything away on this one, but I will just warn you there could be something REALLY cool in the future. We’ll see how it all plans out…
Anyways, thank you all for keeping in touch and I just want to say thank you. Your support means nothing less than the world to me as it encourages me to continue.
On a closing note, I just want to say that over the past few weeks I’ve been told stories about how Ragamonster and HOPE have impacted people even when I haven’t been actively keeping up. I’ve heard how simple conversations and the relay of Raga has gave people a reason to smile and also hopefully a reminder that revival is real. I know I’m not doing a good job of portraying how profound of an impact it had on me, but it really did, and hearing those stories REALLY make me want to keep doing what I’m doing, so for anyone who knowingly or unknowingly inspired me with their stories, thank you.
