Color and Murakami

I found this article with images of art-work inspired by Murakami's writing. Some of it was a little eh, but some of it was really wonderful. What I find more interesting than the artwork itself, is the specific moments and ways these artists have chosen to portray Murakami's work. Particularly interesting are the colors people chose to use. Most of the illustrations were done in muted tones, which begs the question, what is it about Murakami's writing that elicits that? I then thought about my own way of picturing the events that unfold in his writing and I think I too often picture his world in a slightly desaturated way. Yet, there are moments where his imagery is vivid. In the scene in Norwegian Wood where Watanabe eats a cucumber with Midori's dad, the color of that cucumber stood out to me as particularly vivid and green. I think that like Murakami's style, which mixes a sort of mundane blandness with an air of magic, the colors that his writing brings to mind are overall muted and often interspersed with vivid sparks.

The article I referred to: http://flavorwire.com/220451/art-inspired-by-the-work-of-haruki-murakami/10