Dawnings
Mourning the time
By Nicholas Hooper
Mourning the time that I could have had
Learning, thinking, peaceful time
Just letting, not searching
Just being, not longing
All time is sacred
We cannot use it
as it flows by
as the river
at my feet.
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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