{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"RUSSELL MILLS LIMITEDITIONS","provider_url":"https:\/\/russellmills.com\/limiteditions","author_name":"RUSSELL MILLS LIMITEDITIONS","author_url":"https:\/\/russellmills.com\/limiteditions","title":"SECOND THOUGHTS: RESPAIR | 014 - RUSSELL MILLS LIMITEDITIONS","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"6jeWz8YqU5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/russellmills.com\/limiteditions\/product\/second-thoughts-025\/\">SECOND THOUGHTS: RESPAIR | 014<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/russellmills.com\/limiteditions\/product\/second-thoughts-025\/embed\/#?secret=6jeWz8YqU5\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;SECOND THOUGHTS: RESPAIR | 014&#8221; &#8212; RUSSELL MILLS LIMITEDITIONS\" data-secret=\"6jeWz8YqU5\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/russellmills.com\/limiteditions\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/russellmills.com\/limiteditions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Second-Thoughts-Second-Series-Respair-14-528x1024.jpg","thumbnail_width":528,"thumbnail_height":1024,"description":"The works in both series were created using and capitalising on paints and other materials that had seeped under other works in process, onto their cardboard support surfaces. When the primary works were removed, visible traces of their making were revealed; a surprising array of unpredictable marks, seemingly random colour mixes and new forms. These happy collisions and collusions of instinct, accident and expression, prompted me to consider employing a kind of forensic examination of the vestiges of what remained and use them as pointers to suggest and direct the making of some new, purely abstract works; ego-less and devoid of any representational triggers.The title Respair is a rare and sadly obsolete word, coined by Andrew of Wyntoun, a Scottish poet and chronicler who lived between c.1350 and c. 1423. It means \u201cthe return of hope after a period of despair\u201d. A sublime word, it seems appropriate to both the works themselves, born as they were, out of unconscious gestures and their unforeseen consequences, and as a heartening and optimistic response to the increasingly uncertain and stressful times we\u2019re living in. Perhaps the time is right to rescue \u201crespair\u201d itself from the darkness."}