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Atomic HeartLike an unleashing of all the bite-size planets107 - We are slowly recovering from the festivities of the new lunar year where snakes have been characterized in all sorts of lovable manners. Despite exhaustion we continue to show up even late at night. Today's featured poets are as follows~
// I begin to make of my life a meditation, the life I tried to rid myself of for so long -- even as a fly on the windowsill scrubs its face with brisk motions and down the hall a door... // -Evelyn Lau
// 日子持續，我們循規蹈矩 / 年之將盡，我們充滿盼待 / 且不誠實地許願 -- / 日子規矩地重來 // -鄭詠詩
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2025-02-0713 min
Atomic HeartBut it comes only to those who are patient106 - Atom reads Rilke again, exactly five years on.
Five years ago, I moved into this building with aspirations of writing a book like this. Today, the book is finished.
// There is no measuring with time, not even a year matters, and ten years are nothing. To be an artist means: to neither reckon nor count; to ripen like the tree, which does not rush its sap, and stands firm in the storms of spring, without anxiety that summer may not come after. It does come. But it comes only to those who are patient...
2025-02-0410 min
Atomic HeartDetached states of mind are warmer than they appear103 - Because the park is located at a dead-end, no one really passes by. They all come for some kind of purpose, each with their own initimate drama.
// He opens his arms, feeble, ambivalent arms bereft of any courage or expression, yet the extension of such arms is sadly enough to keep her. I hate those arms. They look like arms I once owned. I would be told, much much later on, that a hug is all it takes. //
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2025-01-1712 min
Atomic HeartWhat if I’m flattened by all the talking and being talked to102 - Snowman held on till the very end. He's now been replaced (by Lunar New Year decorations). That first piece was an attempt at conceptualizing the graduation trip. All three pieces were written in the backyard where the snowman held on till the very end.// They each deserve a special coat. I came to this decision while lying in bed. I faced the right which is the window and the outside and the kind of sun that warms you without making you squint. I took out the coats I thought would makea good fit. // Atomic...
2025-01-0709 min
Atomic HeartWhat my graduation trip might look like101 - We're back. The stars have lined up for my return and I find myself saying another long goodbye to this sanctuary. It was here I found my voice. It was here, in this building, where I launched this audio project almost five years ago.
// I also trust you’ll find solace and surprises between the blurred boundaries of prose and poetry, and with that, a better answer as to whether the shaped and the shapeless are one and the same when placed within a frame. Loneliness isn’t what it is when it triggers fresh dialogue. //
2025-01-0110 min
Atomic HeartLook far, I said. Look far000 - And so I've dusted the box, opened the lid to see if the channel is still alive. I call this a trial episode, if only to claim a spot in 2024. It's here I air out my thoughts on writing and the army of anxieties that come with it.
// You almost cried that time. You held on to dear life while I revelled in the speed of the loops and the thrill of being tilted sideways above the water. If anything, I was slightly concerned about the lightness of our gondola. //
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2024-12-3109 min
Atomic HeartThe dreamspeak sputnik099 - Tables are laid out for the speaker who's been given pictures of another speaker he thinks he's supposed to know. I wonder how long we can play this and still find it interesting. The horse kept moving in Emma Jeremy's 'the horse could die'. I followed with a draft of my own as the excavation of poetry from fiction attempts that went nowhere continues. I mentioned last week's reading. My poems are set to appear in Where Else: an international Hong Kong poetry anthology. That's the link to pre-order. Super thankful. Other than that, the weather here remains...
2023-03-1611 minAtomic HeartA spring afternoon as angry as any mother098 - The other night I wanted to tell a story. The next morning I decided I didn't want to. Do you tell it, or do you keep it drifting on the surface of your heart ocean? I bring you 'Instructions' by the Irish poet Eavan Boland. I follow that with a quick angry draft of my own. This is Atom Alicia C. I'll be reading at the Hong Kong International Literary Festival this weekend. Thank you for holding space for my process.
2023-03-0911 minAtomic HeartLifelong friends who follow the migration of news097 - On being in more than one place at a time as well as not following the news. What if the first bird I see outside my window becomes the headline of my day? On this detour into 'not being there', I give you Mary Ruefle's 'Receiving News of the Devastation of My Mind' from her book Trances of the Blast. I also share my latest draft, two sections of a longer poem excavated from past attempts at surrealist, plotless fiction. This is Atom Alicia C. I don't know how I got here but I thank you for holding...
2023-02-2812 minAtomic HeartAn end date for a star to unglue itself096 - Because fear is a four-letter word. How did we get here? What are some things that have always been there for us? Featured poem: "Some Roads in Iowa" by Jill Osier from the collection From published by Bull City Press. I also read a revision of my poem "Seventeen". My headspace is dominated by poetry and a desire to weave my own. This is Atom Alicia C. Thank you for holding space.
2023-02-1713 minAtomic HeartShelving ointments in jars that drop and miss the passers-by095 - How he's been living outside his body since his seventeenth year and how that sounds in a poem amongst other ponderings including what to say to someone if you like their poem and read it out loud without asking their permission. This is Atom Alicia C. Thank you for holding space for my voice.
2023-02-0511 minAtomic HeartToo quick to declare myself the earliest094 - Tuning down the self-doubt while working on the texture of my poetry. Three frames and a poem excavated. A bit more rambling than usual. Must be the cold of January. Bliss. This is Atom Alicia C.
2023-01-2910 minAtomic HeartIf only to document a struggle that doesn't appear anywhere093 - Back on the chariot. At odds writing about writing. If only to deliver this messy middle as authentically as possible. Tiny steps, inches off the ground, infected by the bubbly warmth of progress. Bliss. This is Atom Alicia C.
2023-01-1907 minAtomic HeartIf at the end of tomorrow092 - Back from my first trip to Taiwan in eight years. Lots to confront. Three new poems to share, each inspired by a song performed by Cantopop singer Anthony Wong during his recent concert series at Legacy Taipei. I was there both nights. In this episode, you'll hear a slice of the following songs: 下一站天國 >> 忘不了的你 >> 下世紀再嬉戲 >> Each juxtaposed by an English prose poem written by yours truly. The three songs left an impression. I took a tangent off of them and wrote the poems after I came back to Hong Kong. Sounds were taken from my iPhone 13 mini, a Christmas gift I got for myself. Anyways. This i...
2023-01-0810 minAtomic HeartOn forgiveness and redemption091 - Delivered in the spirit of placing my vulnerability on the front line, I take a supposedly light stroll past the three things I discovered about myself as a self-publishing writer. Not mentioned here are my plans for the new year, my double-down commitment to craft, to reading, and being more attentive to the delicate souls scratching words on paper, like me, who isn't me. Learning to hear from those who isn't me. This is Atom Alicia C, speaking to you from under a blanket.
2022-12-3013 minAtomic HeartWith just enough anguish to keep the fingers from bleeding089 - A few drafts scribbled on a Friday late afternoon at Cafe Golden in the hours before it closed for the day. I took up a table next to the owner who was resting. 'I haven't seen you in a while,' she said. Being recognized... kinda threw me off, espcially when I was just dragging myself out of the imaginary cave. As for this episode, I'm only reading my own stuff. Keeping it simple, for now. This is Atom Alicia C.
2022-12-0406 minAtomic HeartLet there be a frame wide enough to fit us both088 - Started from a photo of my shadow posing on the sand, the taker being me standing on the beach in a place called Momochi. More thoughts swirled as a song drifted into my head, how heaven is more than where the sky meets the shore, how it could be just around the corner, or in that corner over there, the one you didn't know existed. The voice behind the song is holding concerts in a place not far from where I am. All this, as I roll into the thickest part of November. Three frames and a bit o...
2022-11-2510 minAtomic HeartAn item I had purposely forgotten to return to the library087 - I'm not good at gatherings. I started up the slope then straight along the flat pavement with clusters of bright yellow leaves on either side of me. Would I mind people reading me? Would I mind even more if they were to read that younger self of mine? This is Atom Alicia C, reminiscing the sounds from a lost cassette. Bliss. I post on IG occasionally, though I'd rather we meet analogue.
2022-11-1410 minAtomic HeartDroning the most delicate parts of his inward eye086 - Vacant mall. Beds on display. Not sure where the pond comes from. This is my drawing board, my playground, a detour through the early-morning psychosis with a pen in hand. This is Atom Alicia C, contemplating the layers of distances draped over our bodies.
2022-11-0713 minAtomic HeartKnived and left lying in the darkest part of the alley085 - Is it possible to go through life without desiring to be understood? I kinda started there, and was most fond of the moment I was having kimbab on a bench overlooking the swings and slides. Reflecting on my swings and misses, and the times I took it straight down the middle. Atom Alicia C is a writer and a baseball fan.
2022-10-2409 minAtomic HeartThe time the penguin fell off the ledge and broke084 - So I found myself inside the campus of Baptist University for the first time since 2019. It offered me three frames, and the crumbs that dropped onto the table when I ripped them off the dotted lines. This is Atom Alicia C, trying to move objects with my gaze.
2022-10-1607 minAtomic HeartWhen the waffles came, they ate like normal people would083 - Written at Cafe Lab in a hidden corner of Cheung Sha Wan just outside the Caritas Hospital. Another stroll through the caffeinated psychosis, staring at buildings and chairs that glide. How much longer can I do this for? Inhale. Exhale. Eat. Rest. Write again. This is Atom Alicia C. Yes, I’ve been distracted by all the audio recording options out there of late but I’m over it, for now. Bliss.
2022-10-0711 minAtomic HeartWith a coffee in hand, I go through the same doors082 - A slowed-down intro with patches of green and purple out of nowhere. NFTs are hard to digest, even when I'm the only one in the gallery. I just have to believe you when you say you'd come and stay awhile. Plastic sheets. Revolving doors. Where do they come from? I've long been told to show and not tell. The truth is I don't want to sell. Not in the traditional sense, at least. I want to show. Show first, at least. Then you can decide, and so can I. I'm Atom Alicia C and I think I'll stop...
2022-09-2811 minAtomic HeartHer reading light and the night we spent in the bookstore081 - On reading, being read, and not having read. The things that happen to us when the spines of books stare back. What are you reading? What books await you? What about the forgotten ones that remain on your shelf? Anxiously yours, Atom Alicia C. My website is still being renovated, as is the upper left corner of my brain.
2022-09-1915 minAtomic HeartWhen so many painless versions of it are happening080 - The door. The omnipresence of dying. Saying goodnight to things that have their eyes closed without me noticing. How do you hold yourself physically? And when was the last time you had to do that, to bring yourself in? This is Atom Alicia C.
2022-09-0913 minAtomic HeartIf there's a window that overlooks the courtyard that's equally dark079 - What if I miss the faces of strangers just as much - if not more - than being able to breathe fresh air directly? What does it do to me mentally if I'm denied access to your expressions? As usual, we have umbrellas, random desks, and various forms of emphemeral human warmth. I'm Atom Alicia C.
2022-08-2909 minAtomic HeartCandles curving towards and around the piano078 - What should we do after a poet finishes reading? What if you didn't know the mic was off while you were reading? What cleanses you at the end of the day? I'm Atom Alicia C. Write me if anything resonates. The email is atom@atomicheart.fm
2022-08-1609 minAtomic HeartImagining being in it one day is the reason I'm trusting this076 - A new direction, in this business of winning. Three frames and a poem. The milkshake diner, the green ice, and rocks shaped for bodies to rest on. What's your place? Tell me. And how do you stay on top of your game? I'm Atom Alicia C.
2022-07-2709 minAtomic HeartWhy it doesn't have to be linear075 - Do you have a morbid fear of being hit by a car? Do you recall the last anxious passenger you saw on the subway? And how important is it for you to be a good storyteller? Or are you a poet? I throw all these at you from Room 75. I'm experimenting. I'm Atom Alicia C.
2022-07-1811 min
Atomic HeartAs the songs play, I scribble fragments of flashbacks073 - When was the last time you took an artistic leap of faith? How much do you trust yourself amidst all the critical voices surrounding you? Do I need to distinguish between prose poetry and flash fiction? Do I need a label? And have you been to Mel Lastman Square? Today I read from a blog entry written at the Square 14 years ago when I was living in Toronto, Canada. [Happy Canada Day!!] That scene of the couple circling the fountain actually found its way into one of my short stories. Anyways. Do we connect? Wish you plenty new...
2022-06-2808 minAtomic HeartMoons and junes and ferries wheels072 - It's me speaking on a rainy day I've decided to take a break from reading my blog. Not offering anything but my voice and the way I am now. If anything resonates and you'd like to let me know, feel free to write to atom@atomicheart.fm. I'm Atom Alicia. Bliss.
2022-06-1808 minAtomic HeartThat flickering flame pulling shadows out of me071 - Giving the idea of a shape-shifting future me a gentle nudge, I wonder if I can get off the swamp and paint again. I also wonder how useful it would be to differentiate 'mourning' from 'grieving'. The day I wondered if I was infected by narcissicism, a new friend said I should keep voicing my ideas. So here I am. I'm Atom Alicia C. I read from the blog again. 'Melancholy, black pen,' the pieces is called. I post sporadically on Instagram. The website is the more permanent home, if there is such a thing.
2022-06-0106 minAtomic HeartToo tired to get others to see the world the way I see it070 - When was the last time you disclosed a big project idea to someone and end up not doing it? What about the time you actually did it? How did that feel? I read you a series of fragments I had written on a random morning at Hap Coffee near my workplace. I also continued the trend of reading from the old blog. 'When the night is calm and unattached' is the name of the piece written and posted in February 2012. This is Atom Alicia C.
2022-05-2310 minAtomic HeartCupcakes dreamt by the carefree mind meticulously edited067 - At what point in your life was the carefree artist replaced by boxes and rules? Would you rather have the carefree artist or the battle-tested, still-striving scribbler of sentences that hope to withstand the passing of time? Would you rather write about cupcakes? This is my garden. I grow poems, amongst other things. This is Atom Alicia C. There's some stuff about me here.
2022-04-2510 minAtomic HeartParalysis and the art of fiction065 - Would you revisit a piece of work created by a younger version of yourself and in the process reconnect with the person that's been inside of you all along? And so I read from the old blog, first time ever on this show. This is Atom Alicia C. This is my garden www.atomicheart.fm
2022-04-0708 minAtomic HeartHad I started my own family063 - The unpolished lines may come across as rather bitter. Wrote them during a workshop that reminded me of the need to be more detached than I already am. If anything resonates, let me know by writing to 💌 atom@atomicheart.fm or check out www.atomicheart.fm to learn more about the stuff I've been struggling with. Lie down. Be your own best friend.
2022-03-1807 minAtomic HeartDust and sunlight slanted a blur across your face062 - The quarantine episode. The self-isolating writer submitting to an online journal for the first time and reading you his submitted piece. This is Atom Alicia C. You can check out my website www.atomicheart.fm or write to 💌 atom@atomicheart.fm. I don't want to leave home.
2022-03-0908 min
Atomic HeartIn this uncontainable night, be the mystery061 - Seeking solace in a world about to explode. I bring you the poem "Let This Darkness Be a Bell Tower" by Rainer Maria Rilke. I'm Atom Alicia C. Check out AtomicHeart.fm for my latest projects. You can also write to atom@atomicheart.fm. Hope to share with you some of my own writing next time.
2022-02-2803 min
Atomic HeartWhere words drift in gentle mutual redefinition of one another060 - Amidst the mid-February gloom, I bring you a wintry prose poem by the Canadian writer Anne Carson, a piece inspired by Hegel. As for me, I'm still exploring as to how I can best present myself to you on this platform. Hopefully next time I can read you a bit of my own writing. I'm I'm Atom Alicia C. Check out AtomicHeart.fm for my latest projects. You can also write to atom@atomicheart.fm. Tell me your dreams, or nightmares.
2022-02-1706 min
Atomic HeartAnd so I find myself amongst these shapely bodies059 - Atomic Heart returns with a prose poetry piece I had written on my birthday. My plan for 2022 is to write a book of prose poems. I've been obsessed with the kinds of possibilty that this art form promises. The program has taken on a new look. New music, new graphics, the same voice behind the mic. I'm Atom Alicia C. Check out AtomicHeart.fm for my latest projects. You can also write to atom@atomicheart.fm. Cheers.
2022-02-0404 min
Atomic HeartWith boarding passes taped to their foreheads058 - Do you recall the moment you first felt a genuine sense of affirmation as an artist? Do you recall the experience of finally being seen? I speak to you with a heavy heart on the day the non-profit news outlet Stand News was forced to shut down following a raid by police - another blow to press freedom in Hong Kong, another indication of an insecured government. Another batch of the Tat Ming fanzine '89 09 12 21' is in the process of being printed. You can send an email to atom@atomicheart.fm if you want to respond to...
2021-12-2912 min
Atomic HeartI stared up at the dimmed-down tower with the soundtrack looping in my head054 - I've been so preoccupied with my three ongoing book projects so I figured I'd tell you a bit about them here. They are tentatively titled '89 09 12 20', 'Forty-One Frames' and 'I Know I'll Never'. An excerpt from 'I Know I'll Never' has been selected for publication in Volume 4 of Canto Cutie. Pre-order your copy here. Meanwhile, the 'Incarnation' photography exhibition featuring my prose poems is still on until the end of November. Do check it out. Find me on my website. Cheers.
2021-11-1712 min
Atomic HeartOf aircrafts, the wind, and seatbelt signs053 - I have yet to feel secure on my writing road and may never will, which is fine. Though it'd help if I get some personal items out of my system in the form of books. Seatbelts fastened. Punching the air. Today I read 'The Wind' by Ana Bozicevic. The 'Incarnation' exhibition which features ten of my prose poems is still on, as is the seatbelt sign. Find me here on my website. Breathe.
2021-11-0810 min
Atomic HeartHe is the snap of gravity, groundwater risen052 - I rush. I set deadlines. How do I explain this? I don't know. The exhibition 'Incarnation' is on until the end of November. Do pay a visit and see my prose poems on display amongst other amazing works. On this episode I read the prose poem 'Stainless Colours' by Mureall Hebert published on Issue 18 of Sundog Lit. Find me on my website. Bliss.
2021-10-2913 min
Atomic HeartRinsing the daybreak through your damaged parts051 - Is exposure without concealment the ultimate embodiment of real art? In the act of hiding oneself, where do you draw the line between beauty and deceit? This, as I was feeling less than natural behind the mic. Announcement: Ten of my newest prose poems are being showcased - both in text and audio - at 'Incarnation', a satellite exhibition of the 2021 Hong Kong International Photo Festival. Find out more on the IG page of HK Life Model Club. Also on this episode, I read the poem 'Tracery' by Sheila Dong. It appeared on Issue 22 of Whale Road Review. A...
2021-10-1812 min
Atomic HeartNot even a year matters, and ten years are nothing050 - How do thoughts acquire colour by having them spoken out loud? How does the act of talking out loud to oneself sustain itself? Why do we even bring this up on the half century mark of Atomic Heart? On this milestone episode, we pay a revisit to Rilke. What keeps me going? What keeps you going? Write me at atom@atomicheart.fm. Breathe.
2021-10-0912 min
Atomic HeartThe deafness fell like a heavy snow049 - How do you go about finding that person who helps you get better as an artist? Does that person exist in your life? When was the last time you told this person you are grateful for their company? On this evening, I read from Bill Callahan's epistolary novelette 'Letters to Emma Bowlcut'. Let me know what you think. Write me at atom@atomicheart.fm.
2021-09-2811 min
Atomic HeartWhenever she struggles to come up with a sentence that captures the thing048 - How do you tune that voice of judgment inside your head? What if it were to serve you? Here I am, speaking to you a day before the Trial Market event where I'll be presenting my latest book of fiction, 'Stars With Evil Eyes'. Again, I read you an excerpt from the book. You can connect with me simply by writing. The email is atom@atomicheart.fm. The website is here.
2021-09-1714 min
Atomic HeartWho are we with and with whom do we end up047 - What if, as a writer, I'm actually more of a listener, observer, and painter, rather than someone who has a lot to say? A dreamweaver, how about that? I have no message to deliver in a world saturated with revelations. Such is the mood as I prepare for the publication of 'Stars With Evil Eyes', my second book in as many months. It will be available at the Trial Market on September 18. Send words to atom@atomicheart.fm or visit my website. Breathe.
2021-09-0911 min
Atomic HeartI was right then I was wrong then I was right again046 - It's pedal to the metal as I've been scribbling towards my forthcoming book 'Forty-One Frames' and today I read an excerpt from this book, a piece that I wrote literally hours before speaking on this program. I'm also happy to announce that my latest book 'Anxious Headlights and Parallelograms' is now available at the ACO Bookshop. You can find me on my website or on IG.
You can also email me here: atom@atomicheart.fm
Bliss,
Atom C
2021-08-2610 minAtomic HeartBlank scratches from a drying brush045 - What should I call the things I'm creating? Do I have to give them a label? Could there be a more accurate or 'definitive' definition of the things we create? Such is the convoluted mind in these dog days of summer. Check out my latest book 'Anxious Headlights and Parallelograms' by browsing my website or just write me at atom@atomicheart.fm
2021-08-1807 min
The X-Wife Podcast: An Introduction to X-Men ComicsReign of X: New Comics for August 11th - Children of the Atom and X-ForceWhat in the Jonathan Hickman is going on here!? Some newsie with another twosie. Children of the Atom takes us back in time to Gala glory as we close out this team's story... for now. X-Force is doing what they do best, pruning their opponents... for now? Plants EVERYWHERE! We talk about Children of the Atom #6 and X-Force #22
Thanks for listening to our sixteenth episode of Season 3! The Hellfire Gala has ended and we snuck back to the island of Krakoa, trying to keep up with all the new mutant stories!! Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us a...
2021-08-1454 minAtomic HeartShe had made it to the 19th floor, her head touching the ceiling044 - Why is it okay to sell your own burgers but not your own fiction? What is this twitch of insecurity and is it unique to writers? Are there other representations of insecurity felt by artists of other disciplines? Today I read an excerpt taken from Chapter 2 of my upcoming book 'Stars With Evil Eyes'. Limited copies of 'Anxious Headlights and Parallelograms' are now available for purchase. Drop me a note - atom@atomicheart.fm | Thanks for tuning in, Atom C.
2021-08-0919 minAtomic HeartIn what direction and with what kind of flowers043 - Does your happiness come with a certain weight to it? How heavy is your happiness? Here's a sneak preview into 'Anxious Headlights and Parallelograms' version 2.0. The book will be launched at the Duk Duk indie book fair at The Mills on Aug 7. Today I read from the book 'Mister Spare' by Martijn int'Veld. Here's my website and Instagram page. Let me know if anything from the show resonated with you. Connect with me - atom@atomicheart.fm | Thanks for tuning in, Atom C.
2021-07-2918 minAtomic HeartAccompanied by the chirping of countless cicadas042 - How do you cope with the kind of discomfort that threatens to derail your creative goals? What kind of discomforts are you living with and how do you go about trying to make them comfortable? Today I read one of my own prose pieces written for an upcoming photography exhibition. The project is tentatively titled 'Incarnation'. The Duk Duk book fair at The Mills is on Aug 7. That's me speaking with other contributing artists at the launch of Canto Cutie Vol. 3. Learn more about them @cantocutie. Let me know if anything from the show resonated with you. Here's...
2021-07-1917 minAtomic HeartAs we anticipate this elusive, ephemeral jackpot041 - How do we catch up with lost time? Should we be stunned if there comes a point in our lives when we realize it's just not impossible to read all the books that we've been meaning to read? On top of this, I read an excerpt from my forthcoming book, Stars With Evil Eyes. I'll be reading at the launch of Canto Cutie Vol 3 this weekend: Saturday July 10th 9 PM EST (USA) / Sunday July 11th 9 AM HKT (Hong Kong). Learn more about @cantocutie. Atomic Heart will appear at the Duk Duk indie book fair at The Mills in...
2021-07-0715 minAtomic HeartBranches that wobbled a little040 - What's your world and how would you define it? At what point do we realize we are indeed trapped in our own respective universes? Today I read from Chapter 1 of my forthcoming book, 'Stars With Evil Eyes'. More about the book fair I'll be entering in August. Connect with me through Instagram or email - atom@atomicheart.fm. My website is here. Cheers all, Atom C
2021-06-2812 min
2021-06-2714 minAtomic HeartTheir silver, tapered nibs pointing to the center039 - To self-publish or not to self-publish? I read from my upcoming book 'Acrobat'. Here's the link to the indie book fair I'll be attending on August 7 at The Mills. My website is here. Connect with me - atom@atomicheart.fm
2021-06-1910 minAtomic HeartMany worlds collide038 - Atom C reflects on June 4 and the state of Hong Kong. He reads from his own prose piece tentatively titled 'many worlds collide'. It will be collected in an upcoming publication of prose works and fiction inspired by the music of Tat Ming Pair.
2021-06-0409 minAtomic HeartYour sexless posture synonymous to the civil servant suits037 - New music! As for the questions... How do I talk about myself while trying to engage with the invisible you? How do you get a lift in your creative journey? What gives you a boost? I read from a piece titled 'the blade of my left brow pink' which I've recently submitted to Canto Cutie. This is the book fair I was talking about. Visit www.atomicheart.fm | Cheers all~ Atom C
2021-05-2308 minAtomic HeartLike an expanding task list, the mental laundry accumulates036 - What kind of content do I want to produce in a world that's saturated with content? How do I want to use this platform? Atom C dreams out loud once again about the dream that he's trying to construct. He's exploring, considering different options, ways to let the light come through the veil. No reading today. Just a mid-air spin-around. Back with more later. Visit www.atomicheart.fm
2021-05-1306 minAtomic HeartWhen he couldn't decide which of her eyes to look in035 - What if Atomic Heart was a spoken blog? Atom C takes a stroll down the blogging memory lanes. He also ready an excerpt from the experimental work 'This Poem is a House', by the Canadian writer Ken Sparling. Visit www.atomicheart.fm
2021-05-0610 minAtomic HeartDeath is virginal also, roaming the good, great valley034 - How do you write about the place you call home? From which angle do you try to capture the place? What do you hope to do for your home by way of your writing? Today I read 'The Lonesome Dream' by the German-American poet Lisel Mueller. Connect with me by visiting www.atomicheart.fm
2021-04-2307 minAtomic HeartArriving there is what you're destined for033 - Why does destiny take so long to actualize? Atom C dreamspeaks on the 'added time' he's been given while living off the back end of so-called 'lost time'. He read 'Ithaka' by the Greek poet C.P. Cavafy. Check out my place or write me at atom@atomicheart.fm
2021-04-1307 minAtomic HeartThey flung us down and flailed above us032 - Atom C brings up his alter ago. The poem 'Canopy' by Emily Berry fits the mood. My place is open and you can always write me at atom@atomicheart.fm. This episode is dedicated to Alicia.
2021-04-0508 minAtomic HeartWe must dream the dreams of a river seeking its course031 - A shoutout to my former poetry mentor A.F. Moritz who introduced me to the poems of Octavio Paz. Today I gave a try to reading Paz's famous poem 'The Broken Water-Jar'. My place is here and you can write me here: atom@atomicheart.fm
Cheers~ Atom C.
2021-03-2506 min
Atom CTO PodcastsAlicia Butler-Pierre: Teaching businesses how to scale effectivelyIn this podcast episode we talk to Alicia Butler-Pierre from Equilibria about what growth means for a business and how crucial it is for businesses to have processes in place before they scale.
Alicia started off life as a chemical engineer for Monsanto and has worked for the liked of Shell and Coca Cola, she then started Equlibria in order to help smaller businesses ensure that they are prepared for the challenges of scaling.
Alicia gives insights into how you can detect problems early within your organisation and then react to them, but most importantly she provides advice on how...
2021-03-1444 minAtomic HeartSyllable after syllable shared out030 - Do I have to write about family? How do you write about that? Instead of writing the thing, can I take the emotion and dress it up with words that match the thing shivering inside? This was the first time I read a Paul Celan poem out loud, even though I once had a girlfriend who collected his poetry books. I think I did okay. Anyways, here's my place and you can write me if you want atom@atomicheart.fm. Cheers, Atom C.
2021-03-1105 minAtomic HeartDiscovered through thinking in atmospheres not scenes029 - Yes, I'm learning to eat poetry. While clicking around my favourite online literary journals, I was struck by 'Here is the Logic I Have Maintained in Observing My Home' by the Emilie Menzel, and decided to read it to you. Here's my place and you're free to write me: atom@atomicheart.fm | Wish you well, Atom C.
2021-03-0509 minAtomic HeartIt was a small part of the pantomime028 - I've recently learned the word 'ekphrasis'. In the spirit of studying poetry, today I read you '13 ways of looking at a Blackbird' by Wallace Stevens. My place is here and you can also write me at atom@atomicheart.fm | Cheers, Atom C.
2021-02-2207 minAtomic HeartNeon brand names scrawling their best wishes027 - How do I write in my native Cantonese and do I identify as an Asian-Canadian writer? 'Night Ferry' is a delicious piece by Phoebe Wang. Her poetry contains a healthy portion of lexical gems. I love her works. Anyways, here's my place. -Atom C.
2021-02-1507 minAtomic HeartThe noise of failure growing beautiful026 - Breathe. I came across 'August in Waterton, Alberta' by Bill Holm while reading Annie Lamott's 'Bird by Bird'. Can I hear failure? I think I do. In the early mornings, awake and lying in bed with the windows slightly opened. Anyways, here's my place. To your own self be kind. -Atom C
2021-02-0406 min2021-01-2903 minAtomic HeartResonantly factual in the headiness of being craved025 - How do I collect words as a poet? This is what I was thinking when I read you this poem by CK Williams. Find me here.
2021-01-2206 minAtomic HeartHe knew that furniture could breathe in a way that's muffled024 - Where do I stand between poet and fiction writer? As I stand on this grayish pond, I came across this Margaret Atwood poem in which she pays tribute to Raymond Chandler. Where do they stand? Anyways, here's my place. Be well.
2021-01-1607 minAtomic HeartDown to the wood where the blue-bells grow023 - Where are you going? A question we ask ourselves the same way it was asked by A.A. Milne. Find me here. Be well.
2021-01-0707 minAtomic HeartI'll remember it again after the party's over022 - And so we visit Katherine Mansfield, my literary idol.
2020-12-2712 minAtomic HeartThe old man whose family has so many021 - Sherwood Anderson doesn't have the most garnished prose but his exploration of loneliness truly resonates.
2020-12-1611 minAtomic HeartMy eyes burned with anguish and anger020 - From now on we will read you prose pieces from masterpiece short stories. And yes, it might have been after reading 'Dubliners' that decided solidly to write a short story collection.
2020-12-0108 minAtomic HeartSomeone who happens to be dwindling in this very moment019 - I wrote this ahead of a dinner date... to put into words the anxiety I was feeling about how best to present myself. Sometimes I'm here and I do check my email: atom@atomicheart.fm
2020-11-2609 min2020-11-1709 minAtomic HeartFull moons and the faces of friends017 - This piece was written on Oct 1, 2020. It recounts a moment that happened to me during last year's pro-democracy protests.
My place is here and I love reading emails: atom@atomicheart.fm
Cheers,
Atom C
2020-11-0911 minAtomic HeartA love letter is what I'm calling it016 - Atom C reads a love letter documenting the triumphs and struggles of a day in the writer's life.
This is his place and this is his mail box: atom@atomicheart.fm
2020-10-2611 minAtomic HeartA trailer to live in, with several windows too015 - Atomic Heart is back. Atom plans to resume the program with a more authentic delivery. As always, it‘s a work in progress. The experiment aspect is never lost. Home is here.
2020-09-3005 minAtomic HeartMuseum of moments missed014 - Inspired by the old airport and the broken bridge that leads towards it. Inspired, also, by remnants of Orhan Pamuk following the end of a relationship.
2020-06-1707 minAtomic HeartThe celestial body that's been orbiting around us013 - What does the romantic temperament say to the face of tyranny? This piece doesn't answer the question. It was inspired by a song that called up an image of the moon. It's another piece from the collection of 17 pieces titled 'If You Happen To Be Swimming in the Same Ocean'
2020-06-0608 minAtomic HeartWhite lilies wrapped in cellophane012 - Victoria Harbour is the (sadly cliched) image that comes to mind when most people think of Hong Kong. That‘s where we go
“I found that what I had desired all my life was not to live - if what others are doing is called living - but to express myself.” - Henry Miller
2020-05-2709 minAtomic HeartAs though you're watching my impending self-destruction and decide to hit pause011 - It happened in mid-October last year when I started scribbling away this piece that's become the opening piece to a collection of 17 pieces titled 'If You Happen To Be Swimming in the Same Ocean'. Or should I call it 'drowning'?
2020-05-1406 minAtomic HeartDriving off in the absence of tracks and cables010 - This is Dream 11 of 17 from Atom C's collection of surrealist pieces to be published in print later this year. Enioy.
2020-05-0408 minAtomic HeartMisty blankness hovering off the bridge of my nose009 - Part of an exercise where I loop a song and start writing from the image that conjures itself. Part of a collection of 17 pieces soon to be given a title.
2020-04-2407 minAtomic HeartUnbothered by the frozen lid above their heads008 - It puts the protagonist on the upper deck of a bus traveling very slowly.
2020-04-1707 minAtomic HeartCompletely trusting time and its spiteful distortions007 - Time distorted. This is the fifth piece of the collection of 17 pieces which yours truly has yet to give a title to.
2020-04-0708 minAtomic HeartParallel lines and synchronized beams that glow006 - Because lines often start parallel till one fails to keep up. This is a piece tentatively titled 'Autumn Colours', the second piece of a collection of 17 pieces tentatively titled 'Kaleidoscopia'. Stay tuned.
2020-03-2807 minAtomic HeartTrash bins topped with cigarette ash005 - This is a piece tentatively titled 'Bridge to Nevermore' which narrates an encounter that occurred in Tseun Wan on a February evening.
2020-03-1810 minAtomic HeartYes I know that it won't last forever004 - Thoughts on moving and the writer's obsession with public housing buildings and the washed clothes that flutter outside their windows. A tribute to Block 22.
2020-03-0610 minAtomic HeartLove in a time of coronavirus003 - What does it mean to be an artist during such anxious times? And on top of that, how does it feel to be carrying a longtime project that has yet to complete itself? Is the end point somewhere above us, or hiddden in the obscure corner of a rearview mirror?
2020-02-2709 minAtomic HeartRituals, 49ers, Garden Hill002 - Atom C narrates a day supposedly charged with meaning only for random things to happen out of nowhere as things often do.
2020-02-1809 minAtomic HeartAtom C reads Rilke001 - Atomic Heart returns as your host Atom C kicks things off by reading from Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke.
Atomic Heart started as a radio program on CIUT 89.5 FM in Toronto, Canada. Its first incarnation ended in 2015, and now we’re back.
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2020-02-0309 minAtomic HeartSinclair is the world's top scorer000 - Christine Sinclair is the world's top scorer with her 185th goal, passing Abby Wambach. This is a random test.
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