Intimacy

  • The Island 33

    Renate comes full circle with her accepting the natural rhythms of the island after a lifetime of living in the rules and outcomes of society. She is finally free in the arms of the man she has faced all obstacles with and loves deeply. Paradise found.

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  • The Island 32

    Renate feeling the transformation from social decorum to island life feels the weight of society fall away and she begins to look forward to moments of intimacy with David in the island paradise they are building together.

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  • The Island 31

    With David’s help Renate faces her fear that she can’t bring her self to do what it takes to feed themselves and sustain their life on the island.

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  • The Island 30

    Renate finds time in the evening to sit with her thoughts and seek the real meaning and truth of her supposed fever dream. David listens and tries to comfort her. Ultimately, Renate recognizes David’s love and devotion to her.

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  • The Island 29

    Renate seeks closer by revisiting the cave. She is surprised to find the cave blocked by a cave in. David decides it’s time to take their mind off the cave and build a luxury bath house.

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  • The Island 15

    Renate awakens to the call of the Rose-vine tattoo. Remembering the first encounter with the Monks in The Order of the Rose, she begins to feel the beckoning call of the cave.

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  • The Island 12

    Renate and David begin the hunt for colored crystals to grind for pottery glaze. They find a waterfall in the forest upstream from the kiln, as they suspected.

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  • The Island 7

    Renate and David decide to build a bed for their hut. The begin to slowly transition from island camping to living at home on the island one amenity at a time.

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  • The Island 4

    I learned to look more upon the bright side of my condition, and less upon the dark side, and to consider what I enjoyed, rather than what I wanted -Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe The frame of the pole house stood steady and straight against the late afternoon sky. The stilts were sunk deep in the…

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  • The Island 3

    Renate and David begin clearing the land. The hot day and har work sends them to the cold stream to cool off and consider their next move.

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