[K-Correspondent] How Korean traditional poetry "sijo" landed on the moon

We recently covered the launch into space of G-Dragon’s music and an image of his iris.

Today, we want to talk about poems being sent to the moon.

That includes Korean poems written in the traditional poetry form “sijo.”

To hear more about this project, we now connect to Joyce Brinkman, the lead editor of “Polaris Trilogy”, which is the book of more than a hundred poems that was launched to the moon. Hello Ms. Brinkman!

Q1-1. Could you please introduce yourself as well as the fascinating project you are involved in?

Q1-2. The idea of sending creative works into space is so intriguing. What exactly is being loaded on these spacecraft, how does it all work?

Q2. Has “Polaris Trilogy” landed successfully on the moon? At which stage is the mission at right now and what are the remaining tasks?

Q3. What are the criteria for the selection of the poems? As the lead editor of “Polaris Trilogy” what was your main focus?

Q4. A couple of months ago we actually had the chance to talk with one of the poets of the eight sijo poems that were included in the book (Lucy Park, who is the Executive Director of Sejong Cultural Society). Could you introduce us to those works and also tell us why sijo poems were selected to be sent on this special trip?

Q5. In your opinion, what do you think are the most important aesthetic qualities of Korean sijo and what’s your view on the Korean sentiment conveyed through this literary art?