Dawnings
Belonging
By Nicholas Hooper
Longing to be part
Not excluded but remembered
Not sidelined but welcomed into the fold
The herding instinct is so strong, so strong
Wishing for that place where heart meets heart, where mind meets mind
and resting in an awareness of a whole, of acceptance, of values shared,
losses mourned and successes celebrated
That is where I would be
That is belonging
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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