‘Boundedness’ renders islands myth. They are readily grasped by the mind’s eye, pictured and framed in their singularity. They can be remote places of possibility and promise, free from the limitations of the mainland, be they natural or societal. They can also be isolated forts, built by nature herself; hard to reach but also hard to escape.
As a totality however, islands can be seen as spots of fragmented geography that mirror the scattered history of those who inhabit them and traverse between them. However, they are also nodes of confluence for multiple streams of migration and exchange.