moon

My idea is based on Vietnamese culture and fairy-tale.

By the first time looking at the moon, you can see (but of course not clearly) the shape of a man sitting under a tree, and his gesture looks very sadly. The reason relates to a very famous fairy-tale of Vietnamese people. I want to tell you briefly this before explaining the picture.

Once upon a time, there was a woodcutter named Cuoi. One day, he went to the forest and accidentally found out a strangle tree. An old man told him that it was a precious tree which could bring the dying back to life. Then, that one also advised him not to water this plant by dirty liquid, or it would fly to the sky. With his sweet heart, he used the tree's leaves to rescue dead people in the village. However, at a day, due to the oblivion of his wife, she watered the tree by unclean water. By the time that the plant had just left the ground, Cuoi returned to his house. Seeing the precious tree was flying, he tried to grab it and hoped he could drag it down. Nevertheless, it continued to move up. Finally, the young man flied with his tree to the moon.
Since that time, he stayed there and could not never return to the earth.

I want to use the image of the moon to represent the remembrance of the young man of his native land. The pictures of the waxing moon to the waning moon in the background of the circle symbolize a very long time that he lives at the moon, and his wish to return to the earth elapses day by day, month by month.

Also, in this picture, you can see the images of the man and the tree are made from hundreds of small pieces. They are the pictures and photographs of the activities on the mid-autumn day, a traditional festival of Vietnam. The moon on that day is perfectly round, and people from the earth can see the image of Cuoi and his tree the most clearly.

You may ask me why this tree has no any leaf. This is because at the time it flied to the moon, it has just released only one leaf in a year. The leaf falls to the ocean and becomes a precious medicinal herb for dolphins (this is also the reason why dolphins are long-lived).