Dawnings
What's next?
By Nicholas Hooper
Well, not much in this quiet gentle country
Things pass slowly, things take time
Jobs are done… eventually
And payment taken years later
‘There’s no hurry,’ this land says
‘why the rush, when life has its own rhythm?’
And so we wait and see what will come next:
a cup of tea, a walk up a hill, a game, a puzzle?
But be sure it will come in its own time
And it will come… slowly.
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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