Dawnings
Hymn
By Nicholas Hooper
This hymn bounces round my head
Like a bone in an old chamber
Is it about a god? Is it about nature?
Or is it about all that lies behind our world?
It’s so fantastic, this world, so beautifully made
Who could conceive of such a creation?
The fragility, the enormity, the breadth and the the tininess
What could be more fitting than to play a hymn to all of this
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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