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Common Ground - Ties that bind

By  Jo Briscoe 2024

Sisters, families, friends. We choose some and are born with others! Whatever our relationship there are common bonds that bring us together, the common ground, the ties that bind us together through good and bad.

Blue is associated with open spaces, freedom, intuition, imagination, inspiration and sensitivity. It also represents meanings of depth, trust, loyalty, sincerity, wisdom, confidence, stability and intelligence. As the oldest of three sisters, blue seems the perfect colour to represent the bond between Kate, Lucy & I. We live at opposite ends of England and have followed our own different paths but we are bound by seen and unseen bonds of love, family and friendship.

J B Jo Briscoe

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