WLF Prize in Literature 2022

[Liam]

^That's just gorgeous, hayden! I love the interplay between the teal-ish green and the ochre orange!

(very apropos: the green of the eucalyptus leaves and the orange-red sands of the outback)--

 

[Ludus]

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I hope the forum doesn't mind me taking liberty at breaking form— in lieu of the promised wolf, I decided to represent Murnane with an abstract dingo.

Also the colors that represent the factions in The Plains, right?

 

[Liam]

Also the colors that represent the factions in The Plains, right?

Were those the two? I forget--

 

[hayden]

^That's just gorgeous, hayden! I love the interplay between the teal-ish green and the ochre orange!

(very apropos: the green of the eucalyptus leaves and the orange-red sands of the outback)--

Also the colors that represent the factions in The Plains, right?

Glad that immediately came across

It's both those things. Albeit, Murnane's choice of colour for the two groups was probably based on the palette of the Aussie outback (Liam— I think the colours were aquamarine and a dusty gold). For the colour choice I just looked at a handful of shots like this (...etc) ?‍

 

[Liam]

Very tasteful and thematically appropriate

 

[Bartleby]

Glad that immediately came across

It's both those things. Albeit, Murnane's choice of colour for the two groups was probably based on the palette of the Aussie outback (Liam— I think the colours were aquamarine and a dusty gold). For the colour choice I just looked at a handful of shots like this (...etc) ?‍

Did you make it yourself? It looks so professional! If you did, wow! congratulations! Simply gorgeous!

(either way if you didn't make it, you have great taste heheh)

 

[Stevie B]

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I hope the forum doesn't mind me taking liberty at breaking form— in lieu of the promised wolf, I decided to represent Murnane with an abstract dingo.

Love it!

 

[hayden]

Did you make it yourself? It looks so professional! If you did, wow! congratulations! Simply gorgeous!

(either way if you didn't make it, you have great taste heheh)

Thanks — I won't take credit for all of it, the canvas is a Rothko (which, I altered the colours of), but I drew the dingo and added the words.

I made one for Krasznahorkai last year too. (Took me a sec to find this). Same style.

It's an altered Rothko (sorry Rothko) and I sketched a side-view wolf overtop. And, well, words on the right side.

 

[Leseratte]

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I hope the forum doesn't mind me taking liberty at breaking form— in lieu of the promised wolf, I decided to represent Murnane with an abstract dingo.

It fits his oeuvre and reminds one of the Nobel certificates..

 

[namelesshere]

Personally, I will be nominating female writers only for the next one. It might be a good idea to balance things out.

Yeh I've decided to do this also [I think]

 

[Ben Jackson]

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I hope the forum doesn't mind me taking liberty at breaking form— in lieu of the promised wolf, I decided to represent Murnane with an abstract dingo.

Love the design, my friend. I will interpret the application of the green colour as the grasses in Australia (that's Australian landscape), and the sands as appendage of existence. It kind of evokes the themes of The Plains, his acclaimed masterpiece. It really looks like a Nobel Certificate.

 

[Leseratte]

Love the design, my friend. I will interpret the application of the green colour as the grasses in Australia (that's Australian landscape), and the sands as appendage of existence. It kind of evokes the themes of The Plains, his acclaimed masterpiece. It really looks like a Nobel Certificate.

The green reminded me of the plains, too!

 

[Ben Jackson]

Will be curious to see your top three.

It will be very tough for me, Stevie. The world has so many brilliant writers (both the writers I've read and haven't read despite the tragic loss of Mantel and Marias this year), that I would like to nominate and read, but I'm very certain that my shortlist (and longlist), will be populated with writers that I feel are considered for the Nobel, mostly those that I feel are serious contenders within the last seven to ten years. The Nobel Laureate this year will certainly determine my selections.

 

[Stevie B]

It will be very tough for me, Stevie. The world has so many brilliant writers (both the writers I've read and haven't read despite the tragic loss of Mantel and Marias this year), that I would like to nominate and read, but I'm very certain that my shortlist (and longlist), will be populated with writers that I feel are considered for the Nobel, mostly those that I feel are serious contenders within the last seven to ten years. The Nobel Laureate this year will certainly determine my selections.

I'm planning on doing the same thing I did a year ago - nominate two deserving authors whose work I really admire as well as one great author, whom I've never read, but would look forward to reading.

 

[errequatro]

COuld we have a thread just with the WLF winners? It would be good to seem them lined up when they reach 100 I mean a sort of gallery where all certificates and quotes are shown, etc.

 

[hayden]

COuld we have a thread just with the WLF winners? It would be good to seem them lined up when they reach 100 I mean a sort of gallery where all certificates and quotes are shown, etc.

As long as it's 'locked', that could be cool. More of a hall than a thread.