Dawnings
Tebay
By Nicholas Hooper
I look out over heath and green hills looking south west towards Bretherdale Head. It’s peaceful here in my beautiful vaulted room. The sky and hills greet me through large windows and the promise of English Lakeland invites me to stretch out over miles. For some reason the M6 is inaudible from here and the dawn quietness is broken only by the croak of a solitary crow as it flies to and fro collecting material for nesting.
Misty beauty, Tebay, I love you.
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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