for the living with sami mckay

what's buggin you? 25.08.2025 5:32 ↓

this one is allll about the way we use our beliefs & stories to shape the world, and how we can use our storytelling to change our perspective. full written essay on samimckay.com

the essay i never wanted to write 11.08.2025 6:29 ↓

this is an essay about not wanting to write an essay, discipline and learning from our lives when it's time to rest.

mobile home has a whole new meaning 14.07.2025 3:14 ↓

this one is allll about moving and changing definitions of home read the written essay on samimckay.com

looks like a dream! 30.06.2025 3:50 ↓

this is about goals in disguise and recognizing our desires when they arrive.

where's the soul in it? 16.06.2025 7:28 ↓

this one's all about the soul and how different beliefs change the way we feel about individuality and our interconnectedness.

taking it in stride: defining acceptance outside of giving up 02.06.2025 7:25 ↓

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

remember: don't forget! 19.05.2025 2:50 ↓

this is about forgetting and remembering gratitude

i've got a feeling 05.05.2025 4:57 ↓

this is an essay about corporeality, presence, and physical sensation

on purpose 14.04.2025 7:46 ↓

this one's alllll about life's purpose and basically how bullshit it is. that's probably the best way to sum it up

a letter from a newly-identified winter sympathizer 31.03.2025 5:38 ↓

This is an essay about change, hidden movement, and stillness.

getting here 14.03.2025 3:57 ↓

this one is on encountering & arrival

control and no surprises 24.02.2025 7:16 ↓

This essay is about using control to drive busyness, and to accidentally remove the possibility of rest.

do you know what I mean? 24.02.2025 11:11 ↓

This essay dives into ritual as a human behaviour and how we can use principles of love to obtain it in our daily life.

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.