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The rocks here are mirrored. The sky is reflected in perfect detail. As you walk, you dare not look down. _________________________________________________________________________ The Islands of The World – Introduction Ache – Allegory – Bay – Beauty – Blue – Boundary – Brilliance – Cage – Calamity – Certainty – Chalk – Change – The City Of… Continue reading The Light Of The Sun

There is a well here so deep not even a dropped stone can reach its waters in the lifetime of the observer. Still each year they drop them. Still each year they wait. _________________________________________________________________________ The Islands of The World – Introduction Ache – Allegory – Bay – Beauty – Blue – Boundary – Brilliance –… Continue reading Knowledge

Jorel insisted he was the only inhabitant of the island he called Home (and which we have granted the above appellation). But how that could be we did not know, for he is not old, and our blockade has lasted lifetimes. Perhaps he was born from the trees themselves, for that was all we found… Continue reading Jorel’s Island

There are many machines on the island of Ix. No one’s lives have been improved. _________________________________________________________________________ The Islands of The World – Introduction Ache – Allegory – Bay – Beauty – Blue – Boundary – Brilliance – Cage – Calamity – Certainty – Chalk – Change – The City Of Red Houses – Constellation –… Continue reading Ix

They begged us for our help. Only now they have received it do they realise their mistake. _________________________________________________________________________ The Islands of The World – Introduction Ache – Allegory – Bay – Beauty – Blue – Boundary – Brilliance – Cage – Calamity – Certainty – Chalk – Change – The City Of Red Houses –… Continue reading Intervention

It comes and goes. Sometimes it is so bright you have to look away. _________________________________________________________________________ The Islands of The World – Introduction Ache – Allegory – Bay – Beauty – Blue – Boundary – Brilliance – Cage – Calamity – Certainty – Chalk – Change – The City Of Red Houses – Constellation – Cork… Continue reading Inspiration

They believe life to be circular. We know it to be a line. Somehow they insist we are both correct. _________________________________________________________________________ The Islands of The World – Introduction Ache – Allegory – Bay – Beauty – Blue – Boundary – Brilliance – Cage – Calamity – Certainty – Chalk – Change – The City Of… Continue reading Infinity

Each new storm washes away everything they have. Only their memories endure. _________________________________________________________________________ The Islands of The World – Introduction Ache – Allegory – Bay – Beauty – Blue – Boundary – Brilliance – Cage – Calamity – Certainty – Chalk – Change – The City Of Red Houses – Constellation – Cork – Delusion… Continue reading Impermanence

The only thing worse than tourists, they say, is no tourists at all. We indulge ourselves and let others worry about the consequences. _________________________________________________________________________ The Islands of The World – Introduction Ache – Allegory – Bay – Beauty – Blue – Boundary – Brilliance – Cage – Calamity – Certainty – Chalk – Change –… Continue reading Hotel

There is no such place. _________________________________________________________________________ The Islands of The World – Introduction Ache – Allegory – Bay – Beauty – Blue – Boundary – Brilliance – Cage – Calamity – Certainty – Chalk – Change – The City Of Red Houses – Constellation – Cork – Delusion – Denial – Depth – Drowned –… Continue reading Hope