Painterly oil painting, uniform painterly brushwork applied to every element including the foreground subject — no photoreal detail anywhere, visible brushstrokes, slightly soft edges throughout. Composition: vertical portrait orientation, mobile aspect ratio. Foreground lower 40%: a well-used leather field journal lying closed on dark volcanic basalt, pages thick and slightly fanned at the edges, leather binding scuffed and water-stained, strap loosely wrapped with a simple brass clasp, brass fountain pen lying diagonally across the top of the journal as if just set down. The journal is rendered painterly, NOT photoreal — match the brushwork of the background. Middle band: a vast empty Hadean ocean with gentle ripples and steamy haze, no mirror reflections, no visible land on the horizon except one or two small distant hydrothermal vents with steam rising asymmetrically. Upper third: an enormous close Moon dominating the sky, low on the horizon, oversized, looming, flat against the sky with no glow or halo. Sky thick and alien: burnt orange, dusty sienna, ochre, dirty yellow, brown undertones, no blue anywhere, low rolling fog at horizon. Quiet space upper-left for title text, quiet space lower portion for menu buttons. Mood: ancient, hushed, alien, contemplative, oppressive moon, patient empty world.