the Second Collaboration of Joon & Nari 

 

Joon's note:

When my eldest daughter was about four years old, one night, just before bed, she whispered to me,
“Dad, don't get old.”
“Of course, Dad won't get old.”
For the first time, I made a promise to my child that I couldn’t keep.
The truth is, I will grow old. My child will forget this promise, but I will never forget the sense of guilt I felt at that moment.
I also had a feeling that the days we would spend together would one day be remembered as a "short journey."
Fun trip(재밌는 여행) was written from that moment.
The children, along with their mom and dad, will walk together for a while on their journey,
but eventually, they will set off on different paths.
Before we reach that crossroads, the story that my wife and I wanted to leave behind
is the song and picture book titled Fun trip.
It’s a story about the brief time we have together, when we are closely bound as a family.

Nari's note:

A family is a relationship that feels like it knows each other the best, yet at the same time, doesn't truly know each other; a relationship that loves each other the most, but also has the ability to hurt each other the most.

Joon and I have become parents, and we were obsessed with worries about the role of good parents. We do hope that when our children grow up and think about family, they will feel warmth and happiness rather than the weight of burdens on their hearts. Then, How can we do that? I realized that in order to love family freely, we have got to start by being aware that we are special temporary travel mates who met for a short time, and by respecting each other's different dances. I now know that we will each go our separate ways in the future.

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