Dawnings
Just enough
By Nicholas Hooper
Just enough time to say thank you
Just enough time to hope for peace
Just enough time to enjoy this morning
and find a space to feel release.
All those dreams of broken plastic
All those dreams of going home
All those dreams of friends and walking
and just enough time for my words to roam.
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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