Love

  • 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 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 28

    David discover’s Renate has a high fever and awakens still in a fever dream. She wonders what was real and what was delusion.

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  • The Island 27

    Renate and David finally understand their experience in the cave and make their way out to a knew life on their island paradise.

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  • The Island 25

    Renate begins to feel and see the vision the Island wishes to reveal. She sees her place among the bearers of the rose-vine tattoo. David is also feeling the changes as the cave transforms around them.

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  • The Island 24

    Renate and David experience a vision that connects them to the island and each other throughout history. They see and feel the symbiotic relationship of humans and the island.

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  • The Island 23

    Renate and David have reached the final chamber of the cave and it begins to reveal its mysteries and intent to Renate through the connection with the rose-vine tattoo on Renate’s shoulder.

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  • The Island 22

    Renate and David enter the second chamber that reveals the island’s place and proximity to the point where the Rose bearers, the island, and the cosmos converge.

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  • The Island 20

    Renate and David step into the cave and Renate begins to feel the island as if it were a living thing. The carved patterns, her glaze patterns on the pots she painted, and the rose-vine tattoo all seem to line up as the same ancient symbolism. They go deeper and discover much more.

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  • The Island 19

    Renate and David set out to explore the cave. They are solemn and reserved, both thinking about what unknown things they will face and hoping they have the courage and skill to see their way through this strange calling from the the monks at the Cathedral of the Order of the Rose.

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