When Paintings and Words Combine-Part 4
The Blue City
Chefchaouen
Hello everyone. A couple of weeks back we’d started this amazing new challenge for our Medium writers. Part-3 of the challenge has been overwhelmingly received and we’ve got so many exceptional pieces to read through. With a lot of enthusiasm, we present before you, the Part-4 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.
Please welcome the illustrator for Part-4, Lubna Yusuf.
Challenge Name:- When Words and Painting combine- Part 4
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.
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Mandatory:- Please use this image in your post and provide credit to the Illustrator, Lubna Yusuf. 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 March 20. 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 ARTIST, Lubna Yusuf :-
For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.
-Khalil Gibran
The artwork is inspired by the enchanting city of Chefchaouen, that was built in the 15th century (early 1400s), but it wasn’t until the 1900s that it was painted blue. During that time Morocco saw a large influx of Jews as the Second World War started. For the Jews, the colour blue represents the sky, which reminded people of heaven and God.
For me, the city is symbolic of calm and serenity amidst chaos and we need this in our lives now, especially when the world is witnessing another war. I hope we heal from this soon.
Thank you Literary Impulse and the amazing editors for this beautiful thread on artworks. Hope our readers enjoy this. I am looking forward to the responses and creative flow from this prompt.
If you’d like to read all the exceptional entries we received from Part-1 to Part-3 of our challenge, you shall find them, here.
Medium Editors:- Priyanka Srivastava, Somsubhra Banerjee
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!
Jonah Lightwhale/ Samantha Lazar/ William J Spirdione/ David Rudder/ Jessica Lee McMillan/ Upasana Sharma/ Joseph Lieungh/ Pablo Pereyra/ Lee Ameka/ Dr. Preeti Singh/ Paroma Sen/ Jack Herlocker /Jessica Lee McMillan/ James G Brennan/ Tree Langdon/ Jenine Bsharah Baines/ Deborah Barchi/ Pierre Trudel/ Shalini C/ Iva Hotko/ Dr. Jackie Greenwood/ Vinitha Dileep/ Erika Burkhalter/ Ruchi Thalwal/ R. Rangan PhD/ Chris Mooney-Singh/ Eli Snow/ Joe Barca/ Era Garg/ Aparna Das Sadhukhan/ Sylvia Wohlfarth/ Wolfie Bain/ Dr. Fatima Imam/ James G Brennan/ Saurabh/ Adam, Diabetic Cyborg/ Lubna Yusuf/ Ruchi Thalwal/ Venkataraman Mahalingam/ Iva Hotko/ Iulia Halatz/ Unni Nambiar/ Sylvia Wohlfarth/ Franco Amati/ Wolfie Bain/ Carolyn Hastings/ Frank Moone/ Erika Burkhalter/ Monoreena Acharjee Majumdar/ Era Garg/ Marcus/ Anne Chisom/ Setraj Jahan/ Mario López-Goicoechea/ Penofgold/ Viraji Ogodapola/ Venkataraman Mahalingam/ Frank Larkin/ Margie Willis/ CARMEN F MICSA/ Iulia Halatz/ Saurabh/ Stephen Chamberlin/ Souminibanerjee/ Tej/ Monoreena Acharjee Majumdar/ Lubna Yusuf/ John O’Neill/ Monika Sharma/ Erika Burkhalter/ Kimberly Hampton Nilsson/ Dennett/ Kevin E. Pittack Jr./ Viraji Ogodapola/ Sally A Mortemore/ Danielle Loewen/ Barry Dawson Jr. IV/ Setraj Jahan/ Dharan.M/ Harry Stefanakis
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.
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