Tree in the Garden
Jungwon wants to plant a tree on her family gravesite for investment purposes while wishing to retire early, but she doesn’t want to see her father living in front of it.
Jungwon is a young landscape architect, but she’s thinking about quitting her job. With the money she has saved, she is preparing to spend the rest of her life planting and selling trees. She worked hard to achieve her dream, even studying for the relevant majors and getting certifications, but all she’s left with is insomnia and alcohol dependency as a result of it. She’s overwhelmed by the ridiculous request from an old man who wants her to find the tree he saw as a child, and as the money she saved gets closer to her goal, her mind starts racing. Initially, she doesn’t even think about it, but she can’t stop wanting the estate that belongs to her family. She made estimates and even organized a trip to check it out, but she can’t bring herself to enter her father’s house, which is just below the family gravesite.
The saying goes that you shouldn’t see just a tree but a forest, but people are too busy trying to make a living to see even a tree. This is why camping and mountain climbing are popular hobbies, and tree farming for investments is so appealing. What did I have to live for? The reason people find it so comforting to look at trees is that sometimes they see themselves in trees. It’s the same for a tree on the side of the road, or a person walking down the street, that has left their home and is busy trying to survive. We live in a 'garden'. A lot of things just seem 'natural', but nothing is natural except the existence of humans and trees.
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