The ISLAND LIST
According to writer Lawrence Durrell, we both suffer from islomania:
“A rare affection of the mind, but by no means unknown. A particular infatuation and attraction for islands.” … Okay, we admit it.
And that’s one of the few things we have in common.
She thinks we’re nothing without each other. He’s a fierce loner.
He’s into details. She’s into the essence of life.
He grew up barefoot on an island in Africa. She spent her teenage years barefoot, of course, but navigating between the trendy spots of the Mediterranean and the mud of rock festivals.
And then one day, after years of working together without really understanding each other, we discovered our shared love of the islands. We could indeed talk to you each about it for hours; their symbolism, the imaginations they develop, the feelings of infinite freedom and reassuring cocoon they trigger. Their fragility too.
The difference and the exchange seeming to us more constructive than the community of spirit, we then launched this challenge: to transmit their singularities through our very distinct sensibilities.
We are talking here to those who, like us, have travel in their hearts, those for whom the art of living, authenticity and discretion predominate. Those who, to the rhythm of the sun, savor the sweetness of life while simply enjoying the present moment.
