sami mckay

for the living with sami mckay

Society EN ↓ Odcinki: 64

welcome to a collection of writings and a podcast by Toronto-based artist and writer Sami McKay. For the Living focuses on navigating the human experience, exploring themes of life, death, coping, and using beliefs and storytelling to shift our mindsets.

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sami mckay

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Society

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samimckay.com

Ostatni odcinek

5 paź 2026

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Odcinki

meet me in the middle: the golden mean & morality 05.12.2024 9:11

This essay is on moderation as virtue as presented by Aristotle's golden mean

i've been here once before 25.11.2024 6:35

This essay is about sacred space, memory and connecting to history through place.

fuck, i'm stuck in the tree: perceived satisfaction and escapism 21.10.2024 11:02

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

make like a tree and leave 30.09.2024 9:50

This essay explores letting go and the changing of seasons. Find the full written essay on samimckay.com

it's a dog's life 30.09.2024 7:30

This essay looks to perceptibility as an opportunity to develop or exchange meanings. Full written essay is available on samimckay.com

you're the GOAT 30.09.2024 12:08

This essay explores the symbol of the Scapegoat. Full written essay is available on samimckay.com

we need space 30.09.2024 10:40

This essay explores space as a normative aspect of life that typically goes undetected. The full written essay is available on samimckay.com

if that's magic, so are you 30.09.2024 8:17

This essay explores the connection between wish-making, magical thinking and self-doubt. The written essay can be found on samimckay.com

just kidding! 30.09.2024 7:19

This essay looks to the concept of adulthood, experience and feeling behind. The written essay can be found on samimckay.com

sun showers and sense-making 23.09.2024 7:09

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.

no time like the present! desire and radical acceptance 23.09.2024 9:12

This essay dives deeper into the concept of desire and it's ability to foster tension and discomfort in our daily lives.

life's a highway (or something like that): ghent and surrender 23.09.2024 10:22

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.

listen up, kids! 19.09.2024 4:15

An essay about utilizing a childlike lens, approaching life with a sense of newness, curiosity, and reframing our lives into those of students.

it doesn't really matter but it kinda really does 19.09.2024 3:31

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