Dawnings
a short walk
By Nicholas Hooper
a short walk down to the studio
and entering a different world
the writer discovers something
that hasn’t been said before
only slightly different, maybe
this word or that, but nonetheless
worth a pause to note, to write
and as the air clears of letters and words
a new angle of sound comes in
and notes that have never been quite in that order
form on the old piano keyboard
built on old forms and music that has gone before
but nonetheless a little bit new
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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