About The Road to Goonong, David says, 'I often think of my childhood and the farm we loved, but were forced  to leave. It was always the place we thought of as "home". In fact it was the last time the whole family lived together: from then on some of us were in boarding schools, then new jobs. What I find strange is that, when I speak to my brother or sister, they will have memories different from mine. "Is that so?" we say, and, "I don't remember that happening."
Well, it was a long time ago.'

Ayu was just a small girl in a Balinese village. She was being trained to dance The Legong, an important dance that originated in Balinese palaces. It is a dance of quick, graceful steps and movements of the hands. Small girls are the ones who perform it with great beauty; when they grow older they are no longer Legong dancers.
Ayu was taught along with the two other girls with whom she would perform. They had never danced the Legong before and by tradition, their first performance would be held on a night of full moon. The little girls dance in wonderful costumes and there was
feasting to follow.
I was very lucky to be able to draw the dancers as they were being trained and to enjoy the performance on their perfect night.