Atomic Heart

077 - What's the best thing you can do for others? What if my best thing is giving you space? Come on in. Lost potential and all. Feel the dead air. See the dots. I'm the unusual host and this is my house. 

076 - 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. 

075 - 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. 

074 - How does your online persona compare to the real you, and how much of that 'real you' do you really want to show to the online public? I confess to the addictiveness of web design and I read you a draft of my recent fiction piece tentatively titled 'Pineapple Stars'. My website is currently under construction. Thanks for listening. Bliss. 

073 - 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 discoveries as July approaches. I'm Atom Alicia. Bliss. 

072 - 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 [email protected]. I'm Atom Alicia. Bliss. 

The reflective walk

071 - 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. 

070 - 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. 

069 - To liberate oneself from the text... Is it as simply as speaking one's thoughts rather than writing them out? Are my eyes playing tricks on me when I'm staring at the text? Again I've read from the old blog, a piece posted in 2008, something random about a potential breakthrough that punctures the soul. I'm still intact. It's snowing cotton outside the studio. Learn more about my works on www.atomicheart.fm. It's the perfect day for a walk. And yes, I will cultivate my garden.