Meanings of Completed Symbol

Meaning of Issue:

Global warming leads to rice shortage. This is caused by the warmer temperature that increases evaporation rate on surfaces of water all over the world. The land and rivers dry up and thus leads to drought. That cuts off the water supply to irrigate the paddy fields. As the environment is not optimum for paddy growth, production of rice will be halted.

Meanings of Shapes and Metaphors in Symbol:
the circle represents the earth and this means that it is a global issue.

The cracked land shows that global warming dries up the land and causes drought.

The bowl symbolizes all the paddy fields and rice supply of the world.

The crack on the bowl shows that the purity & well-being of the paddy fields are tarnished as a result from the irresponsible acts of man towards nature.

The falling of rice into the cracks in soil symbolizes the loss of rice supply to drought.

The chopsticks represent that man’s irresponsible actions to nature causes global warming and lead to poor harvest.

The single grain of rice held by the chopsticks shows that men were only able to acquire a meager amount of rice from their harvest, due to the global rice shortage.

The spiral in the sun shows that this problem would grow worse as the spiral progresses and becomes bigger if man failed to solve this growing problem.

Meaning of Colours:

White:
the purity & well-being of the paddy fields

Grey:

The corrupted paddy fields caused by human and also a colour to create shadow for the bowl.

Red:
danger and heat
Orange and Yellow in the Sunray:
bright and merciless sun.
Yellow grains on bent paddy:
Symbolizes the rice on ripe paddy that the field should have instead of wilted paddy in drought
Green in paddy motive:
nature and its importance in the world.
Brown in cracked land:
dried up land without signs of life because of drought.