Dawnings
Making
By Nicholas Hooper
word by word
note by note
making
making something for others
making something that means
making something that brings
peace, joy, understanding, a new horizon
and there we are
making
sometimes following
sometimes leading
slightly new
very different
thoughtful
funny
strange
and there we are
making
word by word
note by note
brick by brick
stone by stone
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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