This picture was accompanying an article discussing the environment. I particularly like the way the artist likened the fragility of the balance of people and earth with an egg. The artist took a large scale problem and brought it down into an everyday object that is incredibly accessible. The artist may have chosen to use an egg because there is some debate as to if the Earth is actually egg shaped. I also find it interesting that the artist chose to set the yolk on fire. The spilled yolk within itself could represent a loss of life, the loss of all of our lives if the planet were to become inhospitable. The fact that he set in on fire gives it a more dramatic flare, it is not only the end of life but the total annihilation. I am curious if the artist set the yolk on fire to represent the magma spilling out from the cracked Earth. In this picture the egg does not looked like it has been internationally cracked but more like it was dropped. This shows the how suddenly the end came.
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