Dawnings
Damp eyes
By Nicholas Hooper
Depression settles, the cause of which is not known.
Damp eyes tell a story of sadness
and with that, a richness.
Life here is so often wet.
Moisture is the reason the earth lives
and with that, the perpetual round of rain and flood.
Our rivers are polluted, you see, and acid rain kills trees.
But marvellously most water comes down fresh
and feeds that land we live on.
Sadness is the water of the soul.
It feeds and nurtures the creations of our minds and hands,
and so the true regeneration of nature can be through us.
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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