Paradise Found

  • 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 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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  • The Island 18

    Renate’s rose-vine tattoo continues to provide clues and intuition about the island. Renate and David decide to go back to the hut and rest before heading to the cave the following day.

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  • The Island 11

    Renate and David test their new kiln and a new way of self reliance is born. Not ones to live with mundanity, they conspire to make their pottery works of art.

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  • The Island 1

    The Island is a metaphor of leaving the chaos of civilization, turning one’s back on the politics of hate and division. This story is a continuation of The Sad Café by Holly Rene Hunter – House of Heart.

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