Essays by Sami McKay
Series of essays as audio recordings. Check out the written forms on samimckay.com or follow my instagram for updates @samimckay
Episodes
this is about goals in disguise and recognizing our desires when they arrive.
this one's all about the soul and how different beliefs change the way we feel about individuality and our interconnectedness.
alright folks this one's alll about acceptance and how it's not at all like giving up, don't even THINK about giving up, just accept and move forward
find the written essay at samimckay.com
this is about forgetting and remembering gratitude
this is an essay about corporeality, presence, and physical sensation
this one's alllll about life's purpose and basically how bullshit it is. that's probably the best way to sum it up
This is an essay about change, hidden movement, and stillness.
This essay is about using control to drive busyness, and to accidentally remove the possibility of rest.
This essay dives into ritual as a human behaviour and how we can use principles of love to obtain it in our daily life.
This essay is on moderation as virtue as presented by Aristotle's golden mean
This essay is about sacred space, memory and connecting to history through space.
This essay addresses the concept of longing and perceived eventual satisfaction as a mode of escapism where one explores future goal gratification as a way of coping with present discomfort. The full written essay is available on samimckay.com
This essay explores letting go and the changing of seasons. Find the full written essay on samimckay.com
This essay looks to perceptibility as an opportunity to develop or exchange meanings. Full written essay is available on samimckay.com
This essay explores the symbol of the Scapegoat. Full written essay is available on samimckay.com
This essay explores space as a normative aspect of life that typically goes undetected. The full written essay is available on samimckay.com
This essay explores the connection between wish-making, magical thinking and self-doubt. The written essay can be found on samimckay.com
This essay looks to the concept of adulthood, experience and feeling behind. The written essay can be found on samimckay.com
This essay looks into the process of sense making in the context of nature and sacred space. By exploring Ralph Waldo Emerson's Nature (1836) this essay asks what it means to find meaning in the natural world.
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