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Field of Streams

Audio readings of original writing from the creative newsletter, The Stream, written by Janeen McCrae and designed to inspire you to get out and make the thing. Subjects range from writing and art to just some generally odd stuff about what it is to be creative. Sometimes essays, sometimes humor, sometimes creative exercises.

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9:46

What is this, your dumb diary?

Field of Streams ·

2025/05/27

At the start of 2023, I made a pact with myself: for the next year, I vowed to be Prolific AF.* I made the vow, then I wrote myself this pep talk, which I will happily read to anyone who needs it. Be prolific! Hope to see you out there, making stuff. This episode is somewhat of a follow on from the episode "What does it mean to be The Best?", which you can listen to here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2194216/episodes/17104737 This is an audio reading of the post “What is this, your dumb d...

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11:23

What does it mean to be The Best?

Field of Streams ·

2025/05/20

Inspired by a listicle in Rolling Stone magazine's "The 200 Greatest Singers of all Time", I got to thinking about what being The Best actually means? The Best by whose standards? What are you The Best at? Is that the point of making things? Hmm...Let's talk about being The Bestest. The Rolling Stone 200 Greatest Singers List https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/ This is an audio reading of the post “What does it mean to be the best?” originall...

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11:21

The Objects of my Afflictions

Field of Streams ·

2025/05/13

Difficult emotions, if left neglected, can take on a life of their own and cause all sorts of mischief. Similar to the Japanese myth of tsukumogami, where simple tools such as umbrellas and lamps can develop and spirit after 100 years of life and come back to haunt you, these emotions can play tricks on you. In this episode, I argue for the value of these difficult emotions. They are still tools you can use - just acknowledge their presence and show them some love. Go behind the scenes...

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9:10

Glitter Spuds for Everyone!

Field of Streams ·

2025/05/06

The things we make - our art, our poems, our preciousprecious things that I call in this episode "Glitter Spuds" - are special to us. Special and nutritious and sparkly. But people will only see that if we SHARE our Glitter Spuds with the world. It's possible someone will turn our glitter spud to mash, but that fear should not hold you back. Take a chance. Share your precious spuds! Related listens mentioned in episode: "Anting: It's not just for the birds" https://fieldofstreams.buzzsprout.c...

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11:40

Putting the role in steamroller

Field of Streams ·

2025/04/29

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://janeenmccrae.substack.com/p/steamroller?r=qg15 Support the show About Field of Streams Thi...

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8:31

Proof of life

Field of Streams ·

2025/04/22

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://janeenmccrae.substack.com/p/proof?r=qg15 Support the show About Field of Streams This podcast provides audi...

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14:55

How to plant, nurture, and grow an Adventure Capitalist

Field of Streams ·

2025/04/15

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://janeenmccrae.substack.com/p/behind-the-streams-adventure?r=qg15 This is an audio reading of the post “How to plant, nurture,...

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14:29

The Last Picture Show

Field of Streams ·

2025/04/08

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://janeenmccrae.substack.com/p/behind-the-streams-last-picture?r=qg15 Related reading: "Optography: Preserving a Dead Pers...

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9:02

You do not need permission to land

Field of Streams ·

2025/04/01

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://janeenmccrae.substack.com/p/quark?r=qg15 Suppor...

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12:23

Rumble in the Jumble

Field of Streams ·

2025/03/25

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://janeenmccr...

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6:11

Practice makes practice

Field of Streams ·

2025/03/18

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://jan...

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12:00

Burn Before Needing

Field of Streams ·

2025/03/11

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://janeenmccrae.substack.com/p/burn-before-needing Support the show About Field of...

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15:40

Playing Dead for Fun and Profit

Field of Streams ·

2025/03/04

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...

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13:53

Raccoons Under the Influence

Field of Streams ·

2025/02/25

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. S...

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14:13

The Tall Order of the Creative Sweet Spot

Field of Streams ·

2025/02/18

Did you know that we’re taller in the morning? Gravity and lying down overnight has a lot do with it. Along with being taller, I am also more creative in the morning. It is my “creative tall” time. When do you feel like you are at the height of your creative powers? And when is it OK to be small? Let’s talk about it. Go behind the scenes and themes of this episode with a video and related links here: https://janeenmccrae.substack.com/p/behind-the-streams-tall-order Related reading: "Yo...

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8:12

For Days When You Have Nothing

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2025/02/11

Just because you think you have nothing - no ideas or creative inspiration - doesn't mean you do. We've all been there, but you can Turn nothing into something. This little missive is designed to keep you going on days when you open the brain pantry and it appears to be empty. This is an audio reading of the post "For Days When You Have Nothing." originally published on October 10, 2022. Additional creative inspirations can be found at that link. https://janeenmccrae.substack.com/p/thin...

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16:36

The Persistence of Donuts

Field of Streams ·

2025/02/04

“Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole.” David Lynch said that. He was a director, filmmaker, artist, painter, and I think above all else, a dreamer. R.I.P. David Lynch. Listen to the 1973 Kmart Reel-to-Reel here Go behind the scenes of this episode (and get more David Lynch inspiration) with Behind the Streams: https://janeenmccrae.substack.com/p/behind-the-streams-david-lynch Today’s episode was inspired by his existence on this weird ol’ plain we called life. This is an audi...

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9:35

Just Feel It

Field of Streams ·

2025/01/28

What do you feel when you look at art? What do you feel when you... feel? Let's talk about it. Related post: "Happy is a list of things felt strongly by this body."This is an audio reading of the post “Just Feel It” originally published on September 26, 2022. Additional creative inspirations can be found at that link.Support the showAbout Field of StreamsThis podcast provides audio readings of The Stream newsletter's main feature. The Stream is written by Janeen McCrae, and aims to provide a ...

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18:53

Introduction to Squirrel Math: Art is Nuts

Field of Streams ·

2025/01/21

“Squirrels don’t find 80% of the nuts they hide.” This was the headline that inspired this week’s episode. In it, I equate collecting inspiration for your art as akin to a squirrel collection nuts. Art is nuts, and to make it, you must be a little but nutty, too. Welcome to Squirrel Math. Look for it at a university near you. Go behind the scenes of this episode as I discuss the themes and the subject of squirrels and the nuts they collect, here: https://janeenmccrae.substack.com/p/behin...

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11:18

Mote Work

Field of Streams ·

2025/01/14

“A mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.” That’s a line from Carl Sagan’s famous Pale Blue Dot text talking about Earth in the universe. This episode riffs of that, positing that we are, in a way, motes upon a mote. Seemingly insignificant, yet complex and full of potential—capable of so much. Listen in...This is an audio reading of the post “Mote Work” originally published on September 19, 2022. Additional creative inspirations can be found at that link.Support the showAbout Field of StreamsT...

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