The Back of the Stage
Jungyun Han's house is located in the center of Daechi-dong, which is known as the first private education No.1 avenue with more than 1,000 academies and a daily population of about 490,000. However, when other children were attending math and English academies, Jungyun held her mom's hand and went to an art academy instead. Since then, Jungyun has led a different life as a loner in her town. While other elementary school students attended 4-5 academies a day to complete workbooks, Jungyun held a brush or 4B pencil. While her friends finished dozens of books, Jungyun used more than 100 pencils to create her art. Despite people moving to her neighborhood to attend prestigious high schools for college, Jungyun had to take a shuttle bus early in the morning to attend a prestigious art school far away. She escaped from her town through students carrying backpacks so full that the workbook was about to explode. Everyone knew that even though she had a different backpack and school uniform, the weight of life was similar.