Foxgloves and Nylon Heart Strings

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By: Chris Fitzmaurice

Spoken word, short stories, dreams, poetry, documentary and science fiction episodes with sound design.

Museum of No Importance: Episode 10 - Shooting Birds
#10
08/02/2024

A short poem about birds in the English countryside.


The Museum of No Importance is a series of poems and stories describing the unimportant, everyday tales of people from across our galaxy.

Episode 10 returns to Earth for a winter stroll.



Museum of No Importance: Episode 9 - Rhylys
#9
06/21/2024

Short science fiction or psychological horror poem about a creature named Rhylys Cover image created with Le Biniou audio-reactive software.


Museum of No Importance: Episode 8 - Freddy's Manifesto
#8
06/02/2024

Freddy's Manifesto


Dystopian science fiction poem.


A short poem I wrote many years ago.


Narrated by Ian B


Museum of No Importance: Episode 7 - The Listening Post
#7
05/05/2024

The listening post A short psychological horror poem Cover art by DALL-E


Museum of No Importance: Episode 6 - Last Week's Tomorrow
#6
04/08/2024

Last Week's tomorrow: The halls are vast and calm, And the sounds are mostly empty, ignorable. I've not seen another person in a couple of hours And the only way I remember their existence is the occasional cough or sneeze leaking down the long broad corridors. Here in this room I can be whomever I wish. Nobody will ever tell me any differently. In these two hours, I crafted a whole persona. Who Am I really? It is immaterial. I am who I decide to be until the nurse returns to tell me differently. I am a wounded soldier of...


Museum of No Importance: Episode 5 - Call Upon a Wave
#5
04/03/2024

Another anecdote from the galaxy in the Museum of No Importance. Science fiction audio poem with musical and sound effects. As a cruiser reaches a new world, what is there but to call upon a wave? Call Upon a Wave Fate's deathly grip loosens as our ship slows its mighty descent and glides to a hovering halt over the crimson carpet that quivers below. Lather gathers in a Bevy of hairs that stir in the sticky waves that lash and congeal and seemingly beckon us down, before collapsing back into chaos. We're safe now. Safe to watch the waves of...


The Post-War Dream
#17
04/02/2024

A short poem lamenting the loss of the post-war dream and the move towards the pre-war era.


Museum of No Importance: Episode 4- The Palace of Tranquility
#4
03/25/2024

A short science fiction story. Cover art by DALLE-3


Museum of No Importance: Episode 3- Don't let the polka step stop
#3
03/24/2024

Short abstract poem


Museum of No Importance: Episode 2- 尖沙咀蠟燭
#2
02/21/2024

Cantonese science fiction story Translations by GPT-4 呢個真係太好喇!我每日都同意!生命就好似光嘅歌,我記得聽過嗰啲細小嘅禱告,喺呢啲無盡黑暗同冇意思嘅外太空之中,呢首讚美詩顯得特別適合,佢同呢片未開發嘅領域好搭。天啊,愛嘅天,我感到咁夢幻嘅幸福,小光,我知道我哋會永遠一齊。即使我冇你喺身邊,我都會永遠保存我哋一齊嘅記憶,我希望呢個黑洞唔會帶來太多痛苦。小光,讓我哋一齊去發現新嘅星辰,尋找新嘅生活,探索未知嘅世界。我哋會散去,就好似一朵幽靈花,在我哋懷抱著珍貴嘅雲霧般嘅回憶,將我哋嘅使命升華至古老嘅神話之中。而且莊嚴地綁定,當我哋穿越變化嘅世界,追逐墜落嘅意識形態,進入人類創造力嘅黑暗之中。你記唔記得嗰座被綠色網罩包圍嘅摩天樓㗎?佢燃燒咗兩日,好似尖沙咀嘅一根蠟燭,好多人喺下面度過咗一啲分散而神奇嘅時刻,似乎係夫妻間嘅小憩,一時之間他們仿佛在天堂。只要我哋仲喺度,我哋嘅飯碗就永遠唔會打碎㗎。當我哋嘅記憶,就好似血染嘅夕陽咁漲落,我哋會找到休息嘅時刻,即使現實變得如此陌生,令人難以置信。我嘅愛,你唔明白嗎?難道我哋唔可以攜手共渡,透過你嘅鑽石般寧靜同我嘅紫水晶般嘅抱負,繼續走過曲折嘅小巷,飲酒嘅大廳同麻將館嗎?因為呢啲地方就存在於新形成嘅太陽系嘅飛塵之中。喺時空扭曲之中,你難道睇唔到我哋自己已經滅絕嘅火山峰上嘅起伏石階嗎?喺漩渦般嘅熱浪之中,你難道睇唔到太陽風暴嘅閃爍軌跡嗎?我哋將會喺每個地方都覺得似家一樣,無論距離有幾遠,無論我哋似乎有幾孤獨。我哋將 會從記憶中,刻畫喺寒冷虛空中旋轉嘅平行線,汲取力量。最後,我哋永遠留喺尖沙咀。就算我哋離開嘅時候只有微弱嘅氣息,我哋都會永遠一齊,在電子記憶中留存,在我哋嘅思維蜂窩中再次相見。喺尋找意義嘅過程中,無論係內在抑或外在,喺一個靈魂中,一個已經忘記多年記憶嘅靈魂,就像一艘命中注定要面對黑暗嘅宇宙飛船,儘管如此,我哋會繼續。 "This is really so good! I agree every day! Life is just like a song of light; I remember hearing those little prayers, in these endless darkness and meaningless outer space, this hymn seems particularly suitable, it matches well with this undeveloped territory. Oh heavens, heavens of love, I feel such dreamy happiness, Little Light, I know we will always be together. Even if I don't have you by my side, I will always keep our memories together, I hope this black hole won't bring too much pain. Little Light, let's go together to discover new stars, seek new lives, and explore unknown worlds. We will disperse, just like a ghost flower, holding dear our memories shrouded in mist, elevating our mission to ancient myths. And solemnly bound, as we traverse changing worlds, chasing fallen ideologies, entering into the darkness of human creativity. Do you remember t embraced by green netting? It burned for two days, like a candle in Tsim Sha Tsui, beneath which many people spent some scattered and magical moments, seemingly a brief rest between spouses, for a moment they were as if in heaven. As long as we are still here, our rice bowl will never shatter. As our memories rise and fall, like sunsets stained with blood, we will find moments of rest, even as reality becomes so strange, unbelievably so. My love, don't you understand? Can't we go through it together, through your diamond-like tranquility and my amethyst-like aspirations, continue to walk through winding alleys, the halls where we drink and the mahjong parlors? Because these places exist in the dust of newly formed solar systems. In the distortion of time and space, can't you see the undulating stone steps on our own extinct volcano peaks? In the whirlpool-like heatwaves, can't you see the flickering tracks of solar storms? We will feel at home everywhere, no matter how far the distance, no matter how lonely we may seem. We will draw strength from the rotating parallel lines etched in the cold void by memories. In the end, we will always stay in Tsim Sha Tsui. Even if we leave


Museum of No Importance: Episode 1- The Silence of the Birds
#1
02/20/2024

The museum of no importance- journals from the galaxy.


Look at Me!
#16
01/27/2024

Short poem


Piccadilly Fugue
#15
12/22/2023

Immersive spoken word adventure Cover art by DALLE 3


Beyond the Dreams of Vienna
#14
12/10/2023

Short poem Cover art by DALLE-2


Foxgloves and Nylon Heart Strings (Trailer)
11/13/2023


魔鬼魚 (the fish demon)
#13
11/12/2023

Short poem in Cantonese with synthesised music. Cover art by DALL-E 2


In the dark
#12
11/11/2023

A short poem with synthesised music. Cover art by DALL-E 2


最後一晚 (Her Final Night)
#11
11/05/2023

A ghostly poem in Chinese, co-authored with Reading and Writing Chinese, 3rd Edition and ChatGPT 3.5 Cover art by DALL-E 2 她的最後一晚 她的最後一晚在馬戲團不很平安, 維持姿勢很重要在緊繩, 眾多色繞著她轉, 她抗爭不想想下面的噩夢在她想像力一根蠟燭滴, 群眾很沉默,但是很地獄般聲音盡力誘使她踏入遺忘之地。 正在繩索搖,他的臉成為灰, 但是她不灰心因為她的耐力巨大。 她都是穩定,儘管幾年前就去世了。 "Her last day in the circus was not very peaceful," "Maintaining posture is crucial on the tightrope," "Many colors revolve around her," "She struggles not to think of the nightmare below in her imagination like a dripping candle," "The crowd is silent, but very hellish voices try hard to lure her into the land of forgetfulness." "Swinging on the tightrope, her face turns ashen, but she does not lose heart because of her tremendous endurance." "She remains stable, even though she passed away several years ago."


The Sniper
#10
10/28/2023

A short psychological horror poem Cover art by OpenAI's DALL-E 2


Macclesfield
#9
10/22/2023

A journey through time. Through this poem, we retrace my father's footsteps up 108 Macclesfield steps. Hymn: God Make My Life A Little Light by Matilda Edwards.


The Troupe (in retrospect)
#8
10/15/2023

A new poem Cover art by OpenAI's DALL-E


Request to the Gravekeeper
#7
10/15/2023

Poem- A request from the buried to the Gravekeeper. Cover art: Request to the Gravekeeper by OpenAI's DALL-E.


November ice cream
#6
10/14/2023

A poem that I've revised from its first version around six years ago. Cover art: "November ice cream" by OpenAI's DALL-E 2


Forgotten Sister
#5
10/10/2023

Poem Cover art "forgotten sister- wire sculpture" by OpenAI's DALL-E.


The Dancers
#4
10/09/2023

Poetry Cover art by OpenAI's DALL-E


Storm Signal 10
#3
10/08/2023

Poem


The Many Faces of Jeffrey Borscle - Part 4
#4
08/16/2023

Spoken word science fiction/horror story The final episode of Jeffrey Borscle


外星春節 (Spring Festival from another star)
#3
08/15/2023

Science fiction story written by 孫亮 and I. Video with subtitles at: https://youtu.be/Q7i3xcHwzps


Scrap on the lawn
#5
02/27/2023

Psychological horror story set in space. When Santa "Claws" delivers a special gift, strange events start to unfold on an antique spaceship.


AI- Creative Evolutionary Computing
#4
02/27/2023

AI documentary about agent-based modelling and Evolutionary Computing.


The Many Faces of Jeffrey Borscle Part 3
#3
02/06/2023

Part 3


The Interstellar Salesman
#4
10/30/2022

A sci-fi story with audio. Cover art is by @iamali.me


The Journey Home
#6
10/30/2022

Audio story with effects


The Many Faces of Jeffrey Borscle-Episode 2
#2
10/30/2022

Audio story with effects.


The Many Faces of Jeffrey Borscle
#1
10/30/2022

Story with audio effects.


Happy New Year!
#7
10/30/2022

Poem with audio effects


The World Upstairs-Episode 2
#2
10/30/2022

Sci-Fi spoken word with audio


The World Upstairs
#1
10/30/2022

Sci-Fi spoken word with audio


Death's Bribe
#2
10/30/2022

Audio Poem


Dead Language
#1
10/30/2022

A spoken word, science fiction poem with audio effects. #poetry