Field of Streams

We've all been in a meeting or conversation where someone just rolls on in and takes over, flattening the whole experience, killing conversations, and sharing (often) unwanted and wrong opinions. Don't be that person! 

This is an audio reading of the post "Putting the role in steamroller", originally published on December 12, 2022. Additional creative inspirations can be found at that link. https://www.jumpinthestream.com/steamroller/

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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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It's the little things - the things that bring us joy - that can remind us in a moment of experience that we are alive. Things like full fat ice cream, or the smile of a friend. Don't deny yourself the full fat of life. 

This is an audio reading of the post "Proof of Life" originally published on November 14, 2022. Additional creative inspirations can be found at that link. https://www.jumpinthestream.com/proof/

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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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Are you an Adventure Capitalist, aka someone who lives a curious and adventurous life with a curious and adventurous soul? Forget about investing in the markets, invest in yourself! Let's talk the basic principles and practices of the field of Adventure Capitalism. 

Want to dive deeper into it? Go watch the behind the scenes and themes of this episode here: https://www.jumpinthestream.com/adventure-capitalist/

This is an audio reading of the post “How to plant, nurture, and grow an Adventure Capitalist” originally published on February 18, 2025.Additional creative inspirations can be found at that link. https://www.jumpinthestream.com/adventure-capitalist/

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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.'

Dip a toe into the stream and sign up for my free ramblings here 

Have you ever heard of the science of Optography? It is the study of the last thing a person sees at the moment of their death, which posits that your retina captures on final image as an imprint burned in, like a photograph. This imprint that can be used to identify criminals! Or so they theorized.

I did a whole video on this, which you can watch at this link: https://www.jumpinthestream.com/behind-the-streams-last-picture/ 

Related reading: "Optography: Preserving a Dead Person’s Last Sight" 

This is an audio reading of the post “The Last Picture Show” originally published on February 3, 2025. Additional creative inspirations can be found at that link. https://www.jumpinthestream.com/the-last-picture-show/

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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.'

Dip a toe into the stream and sign up for my free ramblings here 

Inspired by a Newsweek headline that read: “Woman Gave 'Russian Astronaut' $30,000 so He Could Pay Earth Landing Fees”, I remind us all that when it comes to creative projects, you do not need permission to land your ideas. 

Related links: Newsweek story 

This is an audio reading of the post “You do not need Permission to Land” originally published on November 7 , 2022.Additional creative inspirations can be found at that link. https://www.jumpinthestream.com/quark/

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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.'

Dip a toe into the stream and sign up for my free ramblings here 

Why does the vision of what I want to draw - the one that's so clear in my head - not come fully formed out of the end of my pencil and onto the paper? In this episode, I talk about skill deficit when it comes to the vision of what you're trying to create. 

Related reading:

"How many Van Gogh's is one earth worth?" - Vox article https://www.vox.com/culture/23414590/just-stop-oil-van-gogh-sunflowers-protest-climate-change

"How to deal with unexpected edibles." https://janeenmccrae.substack.com/p/edibles

This is an audio reading of the post “Rumble in the Jumble” originally published October 24, 2022. Additional creative inspirations can be found at that link. https://www.jumpinthestream.com/jumble/

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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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The number everyone throws around is 10,000 hours. That's the time you need to spend doing something to master it. But is that a hard and fast rule? Let's talk practice. 

Related links:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uB5PUpGzeY <-- Malcolm Gladwell talking about how people misunderstand his 10,000 hours rule.

This is an audio reading of the post “Practice makes practice” originally published on October 17, 2022. Additional creative inspirations can be found at that link. https://www.jumpinthestream.com/practice/

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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 something Patti Smith said in a post about poetry (“If you don’t understand a poem, sit in it and let it wash,”) this episode encourages you to do the same when attempting to understand influences, relationships, and  experiences. 

This is an audio reading of the post "Burn before needing” originally published on May 8, 2023. Additional creative inspirations can be found at that link. https://www.jumpinthestream.com/burn-before-needing/

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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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Do you ever withdraw from other people’s timelines to make yourself unavailable, declining invites and hang outs to work on your creative projects? It’s the equivalent of “playing dead” socially to get things done. I do it—do you? Let’s talk about playing dead. 

 Go behind the scenes and themes of this episode with a video and related links here, including opossums and sneks: https://janeenmccrae.substack.com/p/behind-the-streams-ep-62-play-dead

 This is an audio reading of the post “Playing dead for fun and profit” originally published on October 24, 2024.Additional creative inspirations can be found at that link. www.jumpinthestream.com/play-possum/

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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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You're heard of pet influencers on instagram - famous cats and dogs and hedgehogs and the like? What about Verminfluencers? In case you didn't know, there's a whole niche for rats, rodents, and vermin out there, and in today's episode, you'll discover the raccoons are sniffing around and eager to get in on the action. 

This is an audio reading of the post “Raccoons Under the Influence” originally published on October 03, 2022. Additional creative inspirations can be found at that link. https://www.jumpinthestream.com/influence/

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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.'

Dip a toe into the stream and sign up for my free ramblings here