Great color work, it’s always impressive to me when someone can make putrid colors feel right and actually look correctly in place. Some parts are a bit underbaked but I like others a lot, the first part with all the umbrella girls is probably my favorite. The biggest issue with the level is that it feels way too short.

heartbreaking conclusion to bridget's creating career. have you ever been caught in the pouring rain? perhaps it comes upon you slowly, or suddenly, but nonetheless it invokes such uncontrollable insignificance over your poor circumstance, nature's assertion over your man-made modernisms. it's isolating and hopeless and individual, and it's such an apt name for Bridget's battle against cancer and mortality. everything was so unfair to her, everything about this, and theres nothing anybody can do about it - all of a sudden, the sun has shrouded itself, and the darkest kinds of clouds have come rolling in, and feelings of safety and warmth seem so far away.

i can't imagine what it would feel like to have cancer, the onerous task of dealing with your increasingly apparent ephemerality. being forced to face your end at such a young age for a blossoming artist is petrifying, your imminent terminus drawing hopelessly closer. nobody deserves to go through this, right?

and yet,

caught in the rain's undue optimism prevails onwards and forever. This level is the coming of the sun; the idea that celebration of all things good is the only way forward. look at the girls, theyre holding umbrellas, arent they? theyre not disconcerted by the rain. the yellows (and blues, and greens!...) of the sun envelop the level, and optimism and hope and joy permeates through, sending a clear message to everyone: celebrate what you have while you have it.

she was the best you could ask for in a pioneering experimental creator and will continue to inspire others years from now, i'm sure of it. rest in peace

The following text is taken from what I've said already on other sites. Perhaps I'll write something unique to this site when I have more words to say, but for now:

I shared a few short messages with them all the way back in 2021. It was around the era that Crazy Chargers released. I remember envying the decoration, art, and design from both Bridget and Ahm.

Nothing about this was ever fair at all.. There was so much negativity thrown her way, and for what? Nobody deserved that much harsh treatment, especially Bridget. Maybe negativity isn't worth it if you end up regretting it in the future, but also end up being too late to apologize to someone you've hurt. Now this isn't me saying "What have you done?" or anything, it's just some thoughts I had in retrospect of the past and my experiences with her.

My condolences go to her closest friends and family.

Recently, my great uncle passed away from bone marrow cancer. I say this not to dredge up sympathy, as I did know him particularly well once I was an adult. Rather, I bring this up as cancer is something I've had to think about recently, prior to the release of this level and the news that came with it of BraedenTheCroco/Bridget's passing.

Cancer is a horrible thing. It forces you to face your own mortality in a long, arduous fight in the hopes for a chance that you will continue to live your life, and even then there is no guarantee. To have to face such heavy and hopeless thoughts at any age is not easy, let alone at one where you once thought you had your whole life ahead of you. And yet, I feel as if this level captures the essence of facing one's mortality perfectly.

The level is very crudely made, but such lack of polish is very evidently a product of a lack of time on Bridget's part. Throughout the level, swirls and dark masses cover the screen, all while rain pours down painting a rather grim picture of hopelessness and despair at the idea of facing one's own untimely death.

And yet, as the level progresses, the imagery lightens, with flowers and stars taking the place of dark swirls and rain. While such things are often symbols of positive emotions, one might find them out of place in such an otherwise dreary level. But perhaps these joyous symbols represent an acceptance of one's fate, and a celebration of life and all that came with it. Death is inevitable, and evidently the messaging of this level would imply that it would be best to face that inevitably with happiness and hope rather than miring in misery.

The greatest power of art is not to making something technically impressive, or something visually pleasing, but rather to illict a feeling from the audience of the art. I believe that Caught in The Rain, while tongue and cheek in parts, is a moving piece of art about facing one's own mortality. I truly believe for this reason that it is one of most moving levels to ever grace Geometry Dash.