Dawnings
Lost and found
By Nicholas Hooper
Thank God, I arrived here.
Safe in my life.
The outside adventures feel dangerous,
but now, here, in this space, my space,
I can be free for a moment
and find what I had lost:
that kernel of truth
where reality is sure for once
and dreams glide away
on the clouds of the impossible.
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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