Field of Streams

Sometimes, your mind needs a good sweeping. Fortunately, there are skilled Broom Squires who can craft you the exact kind of broom you will need to sweep. Each kind of broom tackles a different problem. Which one will you use?

NASA's Broom gas detection technique: "The Broom Method"
https://shop.minimuseum.com/blogs/cool-things/the-broom-method

Watch me talking about the inspirations and themes of this episode on Behind the Streams video, here: https://www.jumpinthestream.com/behind-the-streams-broomsquirey/

This is an audio reading of the post "The Broomsquire’s Compendium of Mind and Body Besoms" originally published on November 13, 2023. Additional creative inspirations can be found at that link.
https://www.jumpinthestream.com/broom/

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About Field of Streams
This podcast provides audio readings of The Stream newsletter's main feature. The Stream is written by Janeen McCrae, and aims to provide a weekly dose of personal essays and creative inspirations that'll get you revved up to 'make the thing.'

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Got something inside you, itching to get out? How would you describe the wolf in you? What does it want? The wolf in you can help you achieve a great many things, creatively. Let it out from time to time. 

Watch me talking about the inspirations and themes of this episode on Behind the Streams video, here: https://www.jumpinthestream.com/behind-the-streams-wolf/

This is an audio reading of the post "The Wolf in Me" originally published on October 30, 2023. Additional creative inspirations can be found at that link.
https://www.jumpinthestream.com/wolf/

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About Field of Streams
This podcast provides audio readings of The Stream newsletter's main feature. The Stream is written by Janeen McCrae, and aims to provide a weekly dose of personal essays and creative inspirations that'll get you revved up to 'make the thing.'

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Inspired by a story of a pilot crashing the same plane seven times in seven days, this episode tackles an age old dilemma: How do you survive when your creative projects keep crashing. How do you get back in the cockpit, let alone the air. Let's discuss.

The crash story: "Seven Accidents in Seven Days" 
https://generalaviationnews.com/2023/09/06/seven-accidents-in-seven-days/

Watch me talking about the inspirations and themes of this episode on Behind the Streams video, here:  https://www.jumpinthestream.com/behind-the-streams-creative-flight/

This is an audio reading of the post "Creative Flight: A Guide for Art Aviators"  originally published on September 18, 2023. Additional creative inspirations can be found at that link.
https://www.jumpinthestream.com/flight/

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About Field of Streams
This podcast provides audio readings of The Stream newsletter's main feature. The Stream is written by Janeen McCrae, and aims to provide a weekly dose of personal essays and creative inspirations that'll get you revved up to 'make the thing.'

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In this episode, I push the idea of eating planets. It's a metaphor of course, because that's what I deal in. But planets = influences. If you want to be an artist you will need to absorb as many influences as possible from the universe around you. If you want to write, read. If you want to paint, go look at art. If you want to be a film maker, watch a lot of films. And then look outside those galaxies to explore more. Listen in.

Story about stars eating planets: Ravenous Stars Keep Devouring Habitable Planets
https://futurism.com/the-byte/stars-devouring-habitable-planets

This is an audio reading of the post "The Universal Big Gulp" originally published on May 2, 2022. Additional creative inspirations can be found at that link.
https://www.jumpinthestream.com/swallow/

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About Field of Streams
This podcast provides audio readings of The Stream newsletter's main feature. The Stream is written by Janeen McCrae, and aims to provide a weekly dose of personal essays and creative inspirations that'll get you revved up to 'make the thing.'

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At the time of its release, a critic described Marcel Duchamp's painting, "Nude Descending a Staircase" as looking like "an explosion in a shingle factory", (which is a wicked and amazing burn that Duchamp loved.) To be nude in your work - to expose yourself to the public perception - leaves you vulnerable - open to being loved, hated, or worse, ignored. But to be an artist is to take that risk of receiving criticism. You must keep striping off and being vulnerable if you want to continue to express yourself in an authentic way. 

Watch Behind the Streams and Themes of this episode: https://www.jumpinthestream.com/behind-the-streams-ep-20-nude/

This is an audio reading of the post "What do you look like when you're nude?" originally published on August 7, 2023. Additional creative inspirations can be found at that link.
https://www.jumpinthestream.com/nude/

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About Field of Streams
This podcast provides audio readings of The Stream newsletter's main feature. The Stream is written by Janeen McCrae, and aims to provide a weekly dose of personal essays and creative inspirations that'll get you revved up to 'make the thing.'

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Everyone loves dandelions (if you don't, I don't wanna hear about it!) and yet, dandelions are weeds. Weeds are bad aren't they? There's a lot we can learn from weeds. To be as successful as a dandelion and make everyone love you, you have to be a tenacious as a weed. Survive and thrive - it is the weed mindset. Consider this your pep talk for the day.

This is an audio reading of the post “Weed is Good” originally published on April 25, 2022. Additional creative inspirations can be found at that link. https://www.jumpinthestream.com/weed/

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About Field of Streams
This podcast provides audio readings of The Stream newsletter's main feature. The Stream is written by Janeen McCrae, and aims to provide a weekly dose of personal essays and creative inspirations that'll get you revved up to 'make the thing.'

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...if Everest were a creative project. OK. A Neverest is a creative mountain to climb, whether it's your latest song, artwork, and book. You can die at every stage of climbing this mountain, but unlike climbing Everest the mountain, you will always respawn after ever attempt at conquering your creative project. Get in the Art Zone!

Video: Ways you can die on Everest
https://youtu.be/QT-VO1uRanM?si=UIjrKio-EBwdhL42

Watch me talking about the inspirations and themes of this episode on Behind the Streams video, here: https://www.jumpinthestream.com/behind-the-streams-everest/

This is an audio reading of the post "How to Climb Everest" originally published on October 23, 2023. Additional creative inspirations can be found at that link.
https://www.jumpinthestream.com/everest/

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About Field of Streams
This podcast provides audio readings of The Stream newsletter's main feature. The Stream is written by Janeen McCrae, and aims to provide a weekly dose of personal essays and creative inspirations that'll get you revved up to 'make the thing.'

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In this episode, inspired by a story I read about flensing and articulating a whale to be installed in a lobby, I explore the importance and value of examining your completed work and celebrating its life.

"Bones, Bones: How to Articulate a Whale" by Peter Wayne Moe (the story mentioned in the intro). https://longreads.com/2022/02/22/bones-bones-how-to-articulate-a-whale/

This is an audio reading of the post "How to Fit a Whale in Your Life Lobby" originally published on October 23, 2023. Additional creative inspirations can be found at that link.
https://www.jumpinthestream.com/whale/

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About Field of Streams
This podcast provides audio readings of The Stream newsletter's main feature. The Stream is written by Janeen McCrae, and aims to provide a weekly dose of personal essays and creative inspirations that'll get you revved up to 'make the thing.'

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Some people leave an imprint; some people leave a scar. What impression will you leave when you shuffle off this mortal coil? Let's dig into it. 

Watch me talking about the inspirations and themes of this episode on Behind the Streams video, here: https://www.jumpinthestream.com/behind-the-streams-ep-16-final-impact/

This is an audio reading of the post "Brace Yourself for Final Impact" originally published on July 10, 2023. Additional creative inspirations can be found at that link.  https://www.jumpinthestream.com/final-impact/

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About Field of Streams
This podcast provides audio readings of The Stream newsletter's main feature. The Stream is written by Janeen McCrae, and aims to provide a weekly dose of personal essays and creative inspirations that'll get you revved up to 'make the thing.'

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This episode was inspired by Bob Odenkirk’s memoir, “Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama.” I love a good memoir, particularly those of creative people, but I always view them as a nice glimpse into a life and a particular person’s process, NOT as a blueprint for my own life. Nor should you. Yes, you can try the same things, but no book contains the plans for a successful creative life. Just keep on plugging away—that’s about the only lesson. Let’s talk about it. 

This is an audio reading of the post "Books are not Blueprints” originally published on April 11, 2022. Additional creative inspirations can be found at that link. https://www.jumpinthestream.com/blueprint/

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About Field of Streams
This podcast provides audio readings of The Stream newsletter's main feature. The Stream is written by Janeen McCrae, and aims to provide a weekly dose of personal essays and creative inspirations that'll get you revved up to 'make the thing.'

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