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.
Field of Streams
Playing Dead for Fun and Profit
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.
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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