Zeng Chi (Author) Morning Moon 2022-08-31
396 pages 136*194mm 515g ISBN : 9791189467678
book introduction
“Even me, whom I don’t want to love
When you go to friends, it becomes love.”
The story of Zeng Chi, a writer who loves humans
The emotions of the seasons and the moments of love
“Peanut Diary 2”, a picture essay by Zeng Chi, who touched and reflected the various textures of our hearts with “Peanut Diary,” was published in Morning Moon. Writer Zeng Chi has been serializing peanut diaries through Instagram since 2019 and communicating with 60,000 followers, giving strength to those who need mindfulness in their daily life.
This sequel is a new compilation of the episodes that were loved by readers from 2021 to 2022, and added additional cuts and unpublished episodes to increase the collectible value. Through the composition that comes closer to the eyes and heart, not only long-time readers of the peanut diary, but also readers who are new to the peanut diary with 『Peanut Diary 2』 will be able to meet the deeper peanuts.
『Peanut Diary 2』 captures the passing seasons and moments of love and draws them in beautiful colors. Seasons always pass and love flows with seasons. If you don't try to hold onto them in your heart, they just flow away. In order to live without letting love flow as it is, you have to pay attention to the moment of love.
Zeng-Chi recalls her youth through an episode called "The White Shirt Girl". When she didn't know about love yet, Zeng-Chi let it go without even realizing that the first love she encountered was love. As an adult, he said, “I think something has passed. It's sadly quiet," recalling that time, remembering the past love and coloring it.
The reason that such love can be restored is probably because love is always there. Time passes, but love remains in the time that has passed, so we can go back to that precious moment if we lose sight of our memories. In that way, Zeng Chi gives attention to past love and brings it back to life, allowing us to look back on the love that has been dormant deep in our hearts.
Zeng Jie sometimes says that love is something you don't know very well, something that is difficult to understand. Because “love is so diverse and there is so much love in the world.” But whether he knows or does not know, he is reassured in love. “Because love is always there.”
Love has the power to live. Zengji says “Oh my God, there is not a single person who was born to want to be born.” We weren't born because we wanted to be born, but we rely on love to get "strength to live again." When I think of love, I feel my heart fill up.
Zeng Chi is a writer who says, “I love people.” An artist who discovers love not only in humans but also in seasons. “If it is the love of summer that causes the loss of pallor, I am very glad. The summer will pass,” says Zeng Chi. As he said, summer love is passing. Zengji presents a bright and bright love diary.
Even a weak-hearted person
You can go through the big and narrow world
People often say Be a strong person, overcome a difficult world and win. Such thinking divides the strong into winners and the weak into losers. People struggle to live in order not to become weak.
There are people who fall apart at some point in their lives. The world often points at them as weak. But is this world a wilderness where only those struggling to become strong can survive? How should people with soft natures live in the world?
Zengji asks. “When the soul is not strong. when your heart is weak. How will I overcome it?” Zeng Jie says that she was also born with a weak heart. He unexpectedly became a protector of the weak, acting like a protector of a weak child, and became angry and sad. After taking the time to think about his mind, he chooses to be a friend of the mind rather than the protector of the mind. Be kind to your heart as you are to your friends, and just like your friends, admit when things don’t go your way. At the same time, he decides to protect the weak heart like a strong friend. Because it was the first time I had a heart.
How can such weak-minded people overcome the harsh world? “I can’t get over it.” He also said: “How can I pass this narrow and large world without touching it?” I will not win, but I will not lose, I will live with a weak heart. This low, soft, yet resounding promise gives strength to those with a weak heart to live again. Readers will believe it. When you open 『Peanut Diary 2』, you realize that the author will always walk in the dark with the weak. This kindness is the weapon that Zeng Chi chose to live in a harsh world, and it is also our weapon.
About the author
Zeng Chi (Author)
illustrator.
I want money, fame and dignity.
Recent works: <Peanut Diary 2>, <Private Life 99: Ulsan>, <Peanut Diary> … 5 types in total
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