Dawnings
Life flows
By Nicholas Hooper
Life flows in dense bushes.
From their grace come groups of blue tits fluttering, pecking, at food for crows.
The big birds clumsily waft around with their heavy bodies, gaining a few crumbs
when the little ones have a good breakfast on a single morsel.
The small inhabit the hedges and bushes while the large dominate the skies.
The dark dense places are where life flows.
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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