{"id":2672,"date":"2023-08-21T11:59:10","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T18:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/candacehunter.com\/staging\/?p=2672"},"modified":"2023-08-21T11:59:10","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T18:59:10","slug":"the-dust-will-settle-renewal-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/candacehunter.com\/staging\/the-dust-will-settle-renewal-series\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dust Will Settle: Renewal Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Upheaval must happen before Renewal begins. It\u2019s not pretty or clean. It can be quite beautiful.<br \/>\nSometimes, tearing apart what was is energized with great joy and delight in the chaos created. Those are the Kali-moments, when you look about you seeing all that you\u2019ve ripped apart still hanging in the air in a maelstorm of confusion. The beauty is Terrible and Awe-inspiring. Then, it\u2019s gone.<\/p>\n<p>After that, The Dust Will Settle. The pieces will fall in the next breath and Renewal can begin.<\/p>\n<p>But until that happens, until the thousand bits settle, there is beauty.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Materials<\/strong>: Hand-dyed cotton, cotton-polyester thread.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Series<\/strong>: Renewal<\/li>\n<li><strong>Size<\/strong>: 30 inches x 33 inches (76 cm x 84 cm)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Completed<\/strong>: 2023<\/li>\n<li><strong>Current location<\/strong>: Private Collection<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2674\" src=\"https:\/\/candacehunter.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/The-Dust-Will-Settle-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Dust Will Settle by Candace Hunter\" width=\"700\" height=\"722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/candacehunter.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/The-Dust-Will-Settle-1.jpg 1396w, https:\/\/candacehunter.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/The-Dust-Will-Settle-1-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/candacehunter.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/The-Dust-Will-Settle-1-993x1024.jpg 993w, https:\/\/candacehunter.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/The-Dust-Will-Settle-1-768x792.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>My Thoughts on the Work<\/h2>\n<p>This whole series has been transformative for my process. I began as I have past series, with a vague idea. I created some colored fabrics and sat with the idea. I pinned stuff onto my design wall and stared awhile, moved it about, stared some more. It felt like a lot of work trying to connect ideas to imagery to inspiration.<\/p>\n<p>There was a moment, mid-series, when I realized that Renewal is more than the growing of new stuff. There\u2019s a before and an after to it, too. The Dust Will Settle is part of the beginning. Before you can truly Renew anything, you must tear apart what was. That\u2019s how you make space for something new. It\u2019s like clearing a field before planting in spring. In this work, I tore apart the way I\u2019d been working by cutting apart some of my building blocks. Just the energy of that destruction opened me to something new; I saw the beauty in the chaos for a moment and it all clicked into place.<\/p>\n<p>The Dust Will Settle before Renewal surfaces. Why not enjoy the chaos while it lasts?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2675 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/candacehunter.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/The-Dust-Will-Settle-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/candacehunter.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/The-Dust-Will-Settle-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/candacehunter.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/The-Dust-Will-Settle-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/candacehunter.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/The-Dust-Will-Settle-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/candacehunter.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/The-Dust-Will-Settle-2.jpg 1440w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2676 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/candacehunter.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/The-Dust-Will-Settle-3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/candacehunter.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/The-Dust-Will-Settle-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/candacehunter.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/The-Dust-Will-Settle-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/candacehunter.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/The-Dust-Will-Settle-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/candacehunter.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/The-Dust-Will-Settle-3.jpg 1440w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Upheaval must happen before Renewal begins. It\u2019s not pretty or clean. It can be quite beautiful. Sometimes, tearing apart what was is energized with great joy and delight in the chaos created. Those are the Kali-moments, when you look about you seeing all that you\u2019ve ripped apart still hanging in the air in a maelstorm [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,12],"tags":[16],"class_list":["post-2672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abstract-artwork","category-series-artwork","tag-2dimensional-artwork"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/candacehunter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/candacehunter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/candacehunter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/candacehunter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/candacehunter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2672"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/candacehunter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2678,"href":"https:\/\/candacehunter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2672\/revisions\/2678"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/candacehunter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/candacehunter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/candacehunter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/candacehunter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}