The last tree on Earth

Shannon Young depicts a scene preserving the last tree on Earth, attended to by a faithful and solitary robot caretaker. What could you make of the meaning of this? Neither the creator nor I seem to have a clear idea.

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10 comments on “The last tree on Earth”

David January 10, 2008 at 8:03 pm

I take it as that we killed ourselves, and worse the planet itself. This one last tree is being taken care of by our children, the AI. They have taken our place but really do care about the Earth, unlike humans, who destroyed everything because of something silly.

Dez January 10, 2008 at 9:24 pm

What David said.

Memory January 10, 2008 at 9:26 pm

This robot represents an exception to his kind by showing compassion.

theestampede January 10, 2008 at 10:58 pm

I like it a lot. Ya know this could fit in the apocalego category if you think about it lol

Littlebrick January 11, 2008 at 4:45 am

This reminds me of the film ‘Silent Running’, which my dad got off of NetFlix. Look it up on Wikipedia if you’ve never heard of it.

Hojo January 11, 2008 at 6:31 am

Laputa!

Preda January 11, 2008 at 8:01 am

Reminds me of Silent Running,too…a great movie in my opinion,and I think that it could have been the inspiration for this.Looks great and also makes you think..

Robert Gurskey January 11, 2008 at 9:02 am

Also reminds me of the sf novel City by Clifford D. Simak. Actually if you look at the 1000steine photos in VW post, you’ll see something even more like Silent Running.