Dawnings

Pointless

By Nicholas Hooper

Pointless
What a giving up word
Everything has a point
whether it’s learning
whether it’s longing
whether it’s grieving
the point is in its being there
Every moment of a life has a point
and every person has a point
and in this world of angles
each point is a turning
that makes the shape
of our beautiful
living time

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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