The archive

Lives, written down word for word.

Each story is an illustrated script built from weeks of conversation between a youth volunteer and an elder. Free to read. Forever preserved. Our goal is to record 300 stories — these are the first.

Mrs. Kim Jeong-hee, 81
Love & War

Mrs. Kim Jeong-hee, 81 · Busan

Letters from Busan

540 words · illustrated script

Mr. Park Sang-woo, 87
Craft

Mr. Park Sang-woo, 87 · Seoul

The Tailor Who Survived

610 words · illustrated script

Mr. Lee Dong-hyun, 83
Music

Mr. Lee Dong-hyun, 83 · Incheon

A Grandfather's Lost Jazz Records

480 words · illustrated script

Mrs. Yoon Mi-ok, 78
Place

Mrs. Yoon Mi-ok, 78 · Seoul

Stories from Seoul's Hidden Alleys

520 words · illustrated script

Mr. Choi Hyun-seok, 84
Work

Mr. Choi Hyun-seok, 84 · Jeju

The Postman of Jeju

470 words · illustrated script

Mr. Bae Jun-ho, 81
Memory

Mr. Bae Jun-ho, 81 · Daejeon

I Forgot I'd Been a Poet

430 words · illustrated script