Field of Streams

Inspired by an Eckhart Tolle technique, in this episode I do a deep dive into the question: "Will my next thought be my best thought?" Well, will it? Let's discuss. 

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I don't know where self-hate comes from, but I do know that it poisons your soul. Today's episode identifies how to recognize you've been poisoned with self-hate and self loathing, and suggests some …

Ideas form in your brain. Your brain instructs your body to turn those things into reality. Those ideas become actual and real and in a burst of excitement, you send those things out into the world t…

In which I go to Scotland to see "LIVE! Justin Hawkins Rides Again...for the first time" on tour; Thom Yorke and The Smile exploding my brain (also LIVE!); and wander around Glasgow feeding on art. W…

The inspiration for today's little gem came from a story I stumbled upon about a man in Melbourne, Australia, who walks around carrying a giant papier maché carrot. Everyone calls him, wait for it, T…

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 probl…

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 …

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…

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 inf…

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 D…

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 dandel…

...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 unli…

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…

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. 

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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…

This episode pays homage to a bunch of musical riffs that you may or may not pick up on, but even if you don’t, it won’t matter.  Because it's not really about riffs. It's about what I'm calling the …

If you've ever wondered: "Should I get a high horse? What do you feed a high horse? How often do I need to shovel out its stall?" then this is the episode for you. It's a phone call between someone a…

Today’s episode was inspired by two things, nonce words and a book I love called the Meaning of Liff. It's an episode about making up words, which many of you will know is one of my favorite things t…

There's always the threat of the hottest, next big thing making what we do irrelevant. Andy Warhol knew it, but he also believed all of us would be famous for 15 minutes. It's more like 15 seconds th…

This episode was inspired by two things - a question mark in space, photographed by the James Webb Telescope, and the Golden Record - the record sent to space on the outside of the Voyager craft that…