Life Philosophy

  • The Island 16

    Renate and David begin to glaze their pottery when they both notice Renate’s pattern looks like the carvings on the cave mouth and stele. The rose-vine tattoo fully awakens and they feel the pull of the cave.

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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 14

    Renate and David return to the hut, but both feel the irresistible pull of destiny on the island. They don’t know what it could be. Somehow, the island feels different.

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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 10

    Renate and David begin building. Kiln to make pottery ware for storage and eating. While looking for something to use as glaze in the cave, they find an ancient treasure cache.

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  • The Island 9

    Renate and David take on the cave to inventory its contents and put them to use. Civilization is slowly slipping out of them and the island is filling the space.

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  • The Island 8

    Renate and David go back to the strange rock pile and open the door discovering a small living space and a large cave full of supplies from the late 1700s.

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  • The Island 2

    David and Renate explore the island for a place to build a hut. They come across a cold mountain stream flowing into the valley with clean water. The idea to stay begins to form.

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  • Seven deadly sins came from Roman Catholic theology as the seven vices that lead to other sins and immoral behaviour. Pope Gregory I first documented the seven great sins of humanity in the 6th Century CE.

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  • The Seven Social Sins

    Leadership is important in hard times. It’s the leader’s example that determines outcomes and the continuity of any effort. Without leadership that gains trust and shows compassion, we end up with what we have now.

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