Matters of the Heart and Soul

  • 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 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 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 6

    David and Renate discover a large orchard and a mysterious stone mound in a circle of trees.

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  • The Island 5

    Renate and David finish the roof and sides of their hut and decide to go look for the goats on the island and discover they might not be alone.

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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 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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