Big Revelations 1: Welcome—By PJ
XU2 Revelations B, watercolor manipulation based on this painting by Kelly Eddington, 2015. Reference photo by Mat (@frontrowrunner).
Big Revelations 1: Welcome
PJ DeGenaro
That’s someone’s stuff they’re blowing up
We’re into growing up
Women of the future hold the big revelations
Welcome to “Big Revelations!”
This will be a space for us to share our thoughts on subjects that don’t have a direct connection to U2. Okay, they may have a tenuous connection to U2, because we can’t help ourselves, but we’ll try to dedicate this page to brief musings on some of the other stuff we think about: news, shows, movies, books, personal triumphs and tribulations, weird things that occur to us at 3 a.m., and even other musical artists (gasp!).
In essence, we want to try to provide a little something for our U2 fam when we’re between big Achtoon projects, or when nothing major is happening in U2 Land. Even if it’s just a paragraph, a joke, or a snippet of poetry.
We’d like to use this first Revelation just to say hello again, and to let everyone know we’re here. Because let’s face it, the last few years have been difficult for all of us, no matter where we live. It feels like every time we struggle up out of the pit and into the daylight, a giant foot comes along to stomp us back down.
Here in the U.S., we’re facing an unprecedented reversal of human and civil rights. It doesn’t matter that many of us saw it coming. It’s still shocking to wake up every day and read about a new hateful decision handed down from a court that doesn’t represent the vast majority of the American people.
But enough of that.
What time is it in your world, and how are you doing? We hope you’re doing okay. We’re so glad to be part of this big, crazy bandom where we never have to feel like we’re alone. We see you, and—if I may steal the sign-off from our colleagues Fake Bono and Fake Edge—we love you.