Dawnings
There is a field
By Nicholas Hooper
After Rumi
So light, so clear, so sad,
there is a field beyond
To enter it is almost impossible
as to drop all right and wrong
is to walk away from the moral structure
that pervades our life
We learn these things
when we are so, so young
and hold them to our hearts
and hope that they will see us
through our entire lives
So to let them go
is that the sacrifice at the gate?
to find that field and meet
is it our heart we encounter?
or another or The Other?
and is this field
the end or the beginning?
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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