Dawnings
back to basics
By Nicholas Hooper
to find the passion
to know again that love of work
as finding the lost path
coming back to preparation
so needed in a life
as each day
remembering to breathe
remembering to watch
remembering kindness to self and all around
a music is found
from the depths of being
simple, so simple we say
but delicate as a beetle’s wing
not to be forced
not to be broken
but coaxed with gentle hands
to a place of living
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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