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 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.
This essay dives deeper into the concept of desire and it's ability to foster tension and discomfort in our daily lives.
This essay explores Emmanuel Ghent's 1990 essay Masochism, Submission, Surrender: Masochism as a Perversion of Surrender, in the context of perpetuating and accepting violent behaviours.
An essay about utilizing a childlike lens, approaching life with a sense of newness, curiosity, and reframing our lives into those of students.
An essay reflecting on the (in)significance of moments, our lives, and our impermanence. Read the essay on samimckay.com and follow @samimckay on Instagram
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