Cicada

I really enjoy Shaun Tan's artwork, and I especially enjoy his books. This book particularly made me think about the message that was being portrayed and honestly there are several you could talk about and probably keep finding more. First, I interpreted this as bully/suicide. Death being one of freedon. I kept thinking that this could also be portrayed as retirement from a harsh industry. Kept thinking and this could be our relationship with nature. Nature being something we depend on the work of and treat it very harshly. In the end, nature will continue to be beautiful and thrive. Him leaving at the end with several others to a forest type closing cover laughing at us. Really, without this Cicada and several others the human society/workplace will collapse.

Anyway, that's a couple of takes I got when reading through this book. I'd love to see what everyone has to say about this piece of art! I highly recommend! ~Ashley