Two Worlds…

"What I see as I design my book is a tension between two worlds—one of untouched natural beauty, and one of encroaching development. It’s tempting to focus solely on the islands’ natural splendor, to let the images and words celebrate what remains pristine and wild. But to ignore the truth would be to turn a blind eye to the slow erosion of these landscapes, the quiet disappearance of forests, the subtle changes in waterways, the creeping footprint of human development".