Dawnings
Sadness
By Nicholas Hooper
Sorrow, is it such a bad thing?
It comes from living
It is part of life
And it breeds gentleness,
such an important way to live
such an avenue to love
and in the stillness of a sad heart
I can hear the beat of hope,
of the germ of life itself
and imagine a future
where sadness is one with happiness
joy is one with grief
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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