Dawnings
don’t look away
By Nicholas Hooper
don’t look away from the suffering
but reach out a hand to comfort
be thankful that you can
don’t look away from the difficult
but allow the mind to think
how do we get past this?
don’t look away from the burning eyes of love
but receive this gift with an open heart
and say, ‘this is what I live for’
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About Dawnings:
“Every morning at around 5am I get up and go down to my studio. After a short meditation I write down whatever is in my head, giving myself fifteen minutes to do so. Then moving over to the piano (or a more portable instrument like my Ukulele when I'm away), I improvise and record a piece of music inspired by whatever words I just wrote. It is a great way of keeping both my writing and my composing going and I call these small creations Dawnings. They are mostly unedited, like sketches, so that they keep that fresh feeling of an early morning discovery.”
— Nick Hooper