loud + steady
travel blog excerpt
I traveled to South Korea in 2015 and documented my trip for 10 days. Loud + Steady: Steady Abroad wanted to feature my photos and we collaborated to bring the blog to life. This was my final excerpt on Day 10.
Han is innate. I want to share it but I don’t know if it can be fully understood without being Korean. Han permeates Koreanness. It’s grief, emptiness, and beauty.
It’s the emptiness in your silenced history. It follows you on the subway and you taste it in your food. You hear it in songs. You see it in the eyes of your mother.
It’s the mandatory military service. It’s the Ivy League diploma and second sedan that’s expected to sit in the driveway. It’s the shame that we pretend doesn’t exist. It’s the pride that disguises the pain.
I was born and raised in the States, but it still found me.
