Remember how at 3 a.m., all you could think about was whether or not to send that text to that *one* person, only to delete it? No need to stress about it now as you can actually hit send with a website called ‘The Unsent Project’.
Rora Blue, the brains behind The Unsent Project, explores what we wish to tell others and how we associate colors to how we feel. The Unsent Project has compiled over 500,000 unsent text messages from anonymous users.
The entries are diverse, spanning nearly every emotion that is sent to lovers, best friends, exes, parents, siblings, and even pets. All texts are contributed and digitally preserved in an online archive that may be accessed by anyone.
In an interview, Blue said she did not expect that this would resonate with a lot of people.
“The Unsent Project came out of a place of processing my own experience with my first love. I wanted to connect with other people and learn about their experiences. I honestly had no idea that it was a concept that would resonate with so many people. It felt wonderful to be able to give other people a place where they could express themselves anonymously,” she said.
Blue also noted how colors have always generated different emotions for her. It made her curious about how others see color in connection to feelings.
“Do we as humans have a collective emotional experience of different colors? I can look at all of the texts that have been submitted in a certain color and see if the messages have a similar emotional tone. So far I can see that they do,” Blue added.
In a two-part TikTok video, Blue recalled how the project all began. Started in 2015, it was initially some type of quest for her Tumblr followers. As she started to get a lot of anonymous messages, each with their message and the color they identify with their loved ones, she tried printing it one by one.
She moved from Tumblr to launch the unsent project website in 2019 after gaining traction and realizing she couldn’t print every single submission.
Many Twitter users have expressed how much they enjoy reading messages from the website and have even attempted to look for messages written to specific people.
If i ever feel down ill go to "the unsent project" just to see these lol
Like ik its not for me but its comforting pic.twitter.com/3SnNNjZpga— ☁️adohira☁️ (@adohiraboo) June 28, 2021
https://twitter.com/allycynr/status/1408693030622695428
which genius invented unsent project pic.twitter.com/VjiQThBdG4
— crentist (@grvtyfaIIz) June 23, 2021
https://twitter.com/infemmes/status/1407791490860912644
https://twitter.com/pietroslance/status/1407552825383661572
https://twitter.com/_conron_/status/1407344082226143237
the unsent project is making me cry pic.twitter.com/c2AjSmQNwO
— b 🦦 (@bavaninini) June 22, 2021
I tried looking up my name on the unsent project and these letters hit me like a truck pic.twitter.com/FUJtbtLt07
— 🌝 (@minonnebloem) June 20, 2021
The website even has a comparison tab where messages that seem to fit together are being displayed.
@theunsentproject Were they? Theunsentproject.com #unsentproject #theunsentproject #fyp
We’re still reeling from all of the emotions. Will you also send your unsent love letter?
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