Dawnings
to be here
By Nicholas Hooper
to be here right now
yes I’m here
and writing another ‘I am here’
at this moment
words come and go
images in the mind from dreams past
what matters? you ask
being and knowing, I reply
knowing you’re here, being
sometimes a word goes missing
and I have to wait to find it
but mostly the ramblings of a waking mind give the impression
that I am here
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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