CINDERTALK — YOU WILL SUFFER (Official Video) As the Covid 19 global pandemic escalated in March of 2020 and we all went into lockdown, this song returned to me, crystallized by the suffering we’re suddenly facing. Many of us sick, hospitalized, alone, or isolating in our homes trying our best to help stop the spread of the virus.
I put out an open invitation for people to join me in creating a video for this — to film themselves in their isolation, suffering, courage, or however they found themselves in the moment. I received many times more responses than I ever imagined, from multiple countries. And I was utterly moved by video after video; friends, acquaintances and strangers sharing their vulnerability, strength, suffering, their raw humanity.
To all of you who joined this project, including those of you whose videos I couldn’t fit in (I got many times more than I could feasibly include) I’ve been utterly moved by your videos, watching each over and over. Even as I share this, it's uncertain where we all will be even a month from now. But this is who we are, now, and that is of all worth. — J. Rodgers