Stream of Art

Episode 4 - Planning for 2024

In honour of the New Year, we chat about how we’re approaching the year ahead and our plans for 2024. Robyn has a busy holiday week and Michelle stays up late playing Baldur's Gate 3.
Recorded on December 31st, 2023
Quotes, ideas, and insights referenced:
“Well-being is realized by small steps, but is truly no small thing.” – Zeno (Source https://dailystoic.com/zeno/)
“The goal is not to be stable and therefore never change. Nor is the goal to sacrifice all sense of stability, passively surrendering yourself to the whims of life. Rather, the goal is to marry these qualities to cultivate what I call rugged flexibility. To be rugged is to be tough, determined, and durable. To be flexible is to consciously respond to altered circumstances or conditions, to adapt and bend easily without breaking. Put those together and the result is a gritty endurance, an anti-fragility that not only withstands change, but thrives in its midst.” - Brad Stulberg, Master of Change, page 14
Links:
Learn more about Robyn at https://www.robynlester.com/
Learn more about Michelle at https://www.michellemonettemusic.com/
Please feel free to send questions and comments to streamofartpodcast@gmail.com
Connect with like-minded artists and creatives at our Discord server: https://discord.gg/mHa8GSQqsv
Credits:
Podcast art by: Robyn Lester
Intro music by: Michelle Monette
Podcast editing by: Michelle Monette

Episode 3 - Reviewing and Reflecting on 2023

In this episode, we reflect on 2023 and discuss the role planning and goal setting has in our lives. Robyn has some time off from her day job and is in full R&R mode, while Michelle wraps up her work for the year. 
Recorded on December 23rd, 2023
Resources and references:
Michelle’s blog post on reflecting and redirecting: https://www.michellemonettemusic.com/post/reflect-and-redirect
Cal Newport: https://calnewport.com/
The Daily Stoic: https://dailystoic.com/
The RPM Challenge: https://www.rpmchallenge.com/remchallenge
Links:
Learn more about Robyn at https://www.robynlester.com/
Learn more about Michelle at https://www.michellemonettemusic.com/
Please feel free to send questions and comments to streamofartpodcast@gmail.com
Connect with like-minded artists and creatives at our Discord server: https://discord.gg/mHa8GSQqsv
Credits:
Podcast art by: Robyn Lester
Intro music by: Michelle Monette
Podcast editing by: Michelle Monette

Episode 2 - Defining Success

In this episode, we explore how we each define success and how those definitions evolve over time. Robyn reconnects with her youth by watching Road to Avonlea (it’s the best!) and Michelle gives herself some rest after a busy week.
Recorded on December 17th, 2023
Resources and references:
Michelle’s blog post on not worrying about what others are doing: https://www.michellemonettemusic.com/post/don-t-worry-about-what-other-musicians-are-doing
Michelle’s blog post on putting the process ahead of the prize: https://www.michellemonettemusic.com/post/focus-on-the-process-not-on-the-prize
Quotes, ideas, and insights referenced:
“According to Seneca, the Greek word euthymia is one we should think of often: it is the sense of our own path and how to stay on it without getting distracted by all the others that intersect it.” - Ryan Holiday, Ego is the Enemy, page 117
Links:
Learn more about Robyn at https://www.robynlester.com/
Learn more about Michelle at https://www.michellemonettemusic.com/
Please feel free to send questions and comments to streamofartpodcast@gmail.com
Connect with like-minded artists and creatives at our Discord server: https://discord.gg/mHa8GSQqsv
Credits:
Podcast art by: Robyn Lester
Intro music by: Michelle Monette
Podcast editing by: Michelle Monette

Episode 1 - Seasonality

In this episode, we discuss the concept of seasonality. Michelle celebrates some musical wins and Robyn processes her feelings about an art show that didn’t meet her (perhaps unrealistic?) expectations. 
Recorded on December 10th, 2023
Resources and references:
Michelle’s blog post on seasonality: https://www.michellemonettemusic.com/post/musical-seasons
Quotes, ideas, and insights referenced:
“Swaths of psychological research show that our happiness in any given moment is a function of our reality minus our expectations. When reality matches or exceeds expectations, we feel good. When reality falls short of expectations, we feel bad.” - Brad Stulberg, Master of Change, page 47
“Be regular and orderly in your life so that you may be violent and original in your work.” - Gustave Flaubert, French novelist.
Links:
Learn more about Robyn at https://www.robynlester.com/
Learn more about Michelle at https://www.michellemonettemusic.com/
Please feel free to send questions and comments to streamofartpodcast@gmail.com
Connect with like-minded artists and creatives at our Discord server: https://discord.gg/mHa8GSQqsv
Credits:
Podcast art by: Robyn Lester
Intro music by: Michelle Monette
Podcast editing by: Michelle Monette

The Stream of Art Podcast Introduction Episode

Welcome to the introductory episode of the Stream of Art Podcast with Robyn and Michelle! In this episode we dig into why we started this podcast and how we hope it will inspire and connect like-minded creative people.  
Recorded on December 10th, 2023