When Paintings and Words Combine-Part 2

Summary

The website content introduces "When Paintings and Words Combine-Part 2," a literary challenge for Medium writers to interpret an illustration by Monoreena Acharjee Majumdar into written pieces, with a focus on optimism and hope.

Abstract

The "Literary Impulse" initiative on Medium has launched the second part of a creative writing challenge titled "When Paintings and Words Combine-Part 2." This challenge invites writers to draw inspiration from an artwork named "Optimism" by illustrator Monoreena Acharjee Majumdar. Participants are encouraged to express their interpretations of the painting through poetry, fiction, or non-fiction, using specific tags and including the image in their posts with proper credit. The challenge, which began on February 19, allows for multiple submissions and has a two-week duration. A new illustration will be featured in the subsequent challenge. The website also includes words from the illustrator reflecting on the theme of optimism and the transition from winter to spring, paralleling the transformation in the painting. The Medium community's contributions will be showcased on the homepage, and writers are encouraged to tag others to keep the challenge circulating.

Opinions

The initiative expresses enthusiasm for the previous challenge's success and anticipates exceptional written pieces from the Medium community.
The organizers emphasize flexibility in creative expression, allowing writers to choose their genre and the extent of their participation.
There is a sense of camaraderie and inclusivity, as writers are encouraged to tag peers and invite them to contribute.
The illustrator, Monoreena Acharjee Majumdar, conveys a message of hope and renewal, drawing inspiration from nature and the changing seasons.
The challenge is seen as an ongoing opportunity for writers to engage with visual art and for artists to see their work inspire written narratives.
The organizers show consideration for participants' preferences regarding notifications and tags, offering an option to opt out if desired.
There is an acknowledgment of the potential for missed mentions and an open invitation for writers to join the challenge.

Illustrator’s Series

Hello everyone. Two weeks back we’d started this amazing new challenge for our Medium writers. Part-1 of the challenge has been overwhelmingly received and we’ve received so many exceptional pieces to read through. With a lot of enthusiasm, we present before you, the Part-2 of the challenge. A brand new illustrator joins us with a brand new artwork. The rules remain the same but mentioning it all over again for all.

Challenge Name:- When Words and Painting combine- Part 2 What you need to do:- Take a look at the above painting, look deeply. What does it try to convey. Feel it. And put your pen to paper. Express it. Share it with us. We’re waiting to read your words about what this gorgeous painting made you scribble. Be it poetry, fiction, non-fiction. Feel free to share with us anything that the painting has made you feel. Mandatory tags:- Literary Impulse, LI-Wwapc Mandatory:- Please use this image in your post and provide credit to the Illustrator, Monoreena Acharjee Majumdar. You can use another image of your choice, if you want. Mandatory:- Please do drop a link to this post at the end so that anyone else can read and submit, if interested. Non-mandatory:- Please do tag any three or more of your favourite writer friends on Medium so as to keep the challenge moving forward. Timelines:- 2 Weeks from February 19. And after that, a new illustration from another excellent illustrator. Keep checking.

You can submit any number of pieces you want.

There’ll be a new section on our homepage to show the work of the amazing writers on this.

We’re already waiting to see what wonders the amazing Medium community conjures out of it all. Excited to the fullest!!

Please stay safe and take care.

Now that the rules are clear, please find below some words from the Illustrator herself.

From the Illustrator, Monoreena Acharjee Majumdar:-

Illustration: Optimism

In Bard’s words ”The sky fills me with light, I will fill it with music”.

The white earth slowly metamorphoses to its verdant counter-part and jingles of warmer days, heard. Spring walks in character — harsh cold days die their natural death. The days we visualize our breaths, we know it will soon dissolve in thin air. We learn to hope. Optimism, nature's way.

Painting: Acrylic and Knife on Canvas

If you’d like to read all the exceptional entries we received for Part-1 of our challenge, you shall find them, here.

Tagging a few of our regular contributors and well-wishers. This is not to spam your notifications. But just to let you know so that if you are interested, you can chip in with your fantastic wordplay. Please let us know in case you do not want to be tagged in the future and we’ll keep that in mind. Thanks!

Apologies if we’ve missed anyone. Please feel free to join in. Also, do let us know if you want to write for LI by dropping a comment on this post.

Our Introductory post on this series by Priyanka:-

Do definitely check out some of Era’s amazing artwork made for ShabdAaweg Review, for the winter edition, through the below link:-

NEW CHALLENGE-LITERARY IMPULSE

When Paintings and Words Combine-Part 2

Illustrator’s Series

From the Illustrator, Monoreena Acharjee Majumdar:-

The Artistic Window

An Introduction to the upcoming series on Literary Impulse

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