Dawnings
finding
By Nicholas Hooper
it’s always a search
that that you lost seems to have vanished
and seek as you may, it refuses to appear
then one day the light falls on it
and in your grasp is the thing you most wanted
you hold it for a moment and then find
that time has changed it and is still changing it
the ephemeral, the uncontainable
is the most important thing
in all the world
and beyond
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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