I’ve had a relationship with islands since I was a young man. My attraction has not been to the clichéd tropical fantasy of palm trees and white sand: it is something much deeper – island as metaphor for our existence on Earth, representing independence and interdependence, natural limits and boundless space. Island as paradox.
Living on an island as I have for the last ten years, I’ve realised that you can’t get away with anything. The feedback loop is pretty immediate: there is no vast landmass where the ripples of one’s actions and interactions can radiate over long distances and large populations ...
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