Dawnings
Right place
By Nicholas Hooper
Finding a right place after a wrong turn
Giving yourself what you really need
Quietening down the reactions that
take you to the wrong place
and how do you know it’s the wrong place?
No love there, no memory of the preciousness
that surrounds you in every way.
The care, the love, remember it now
and come back to the right place
—————
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