Emotional asymptotes in Checkpoint Theatre’s The Heart Comes to Mind
about 46 months ago (06/29/2020)
Emotional asymptotes in Checkpoint Theatre’s The Heart Comes to Mind | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints June 29, 2020 By Ke Weiliang (2,500 words, 8-minute read) Sunday, 7 June 2020 circa 1230 hrs I press the ‘play’ button on The Heart Comes to Mind for the first time. As per director Claire Wong’s suggestion, I grab my favourite drink – a bottle of Teh Botol Sosro, kurang manis -, plug in my earphones and toggle my mobile phone to silent mode. I am about 20 minutes into the audio production, when my mother innocuously walks into my bedroom and asks “ Eh, how to forward messages on WhatsApps (sic) , ah?