Dawnings
Peace where flows
By Nicholas Hooper
Peace where flows the heart space
Where flows the everlasting stream
of consciousness and love of all
that surrounds us in this gentle place
The world may spit and spat
The cruelty of nature matches
the cruelty of humankind
and we shrink for all this
But a step back into a place
where peace can exist
inside a calm still water
and we can flow in eternity
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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