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Back to Blue
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HARMONY ii
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DEPTHS OF REMEMBRANCE
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MEMORIES OF THE FUTURE
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PASSING SHIPS
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PARALLELS
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SO FAR AWAY
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SILENT WITNESS
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STRENGTH IN BEAUTY
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LIGHT EVERLASTING
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BACK TO BLUE
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APPROACHING STORM
Statement
Songs from Ikaria
The title is a spin on the achingly desperate Amy Winehouse song ‘Back to Black’. A sense of calm and tranquility edges back into our lives as we spend a week on the remote island of Ikaria with our niece, my late brother’s daughter. There is little to do but sit and gaze at the depthless fathoms - seemingly less black than they might have looked eighteen months previously. We laze around, swim, read books, reminisce a little and drink too much wine. His presence hovers on the periphery, just out of reach.