About

Industry, Influence & the Unconscious Mind

How does it all fit together?

What are the obvious (and occulted) systems that distribute goods, people, power, and ideas to the ports of the world?

The world is full

of systems

habits

routines

biases

bureaucracies

and

beliefs,

all partially obscured, even from those who deploy them.

Some forces stretch so far from us in time and space that their impact on us becomes invisible. And like Carl Jung said, "Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate."

My name is Morgan Oxley.

I’m an Alaskan writer and guide living in Manhattan.

When I'm not dipping my toe in other worlds, I hang out at the corner of industry, influence, and intuition, because that is where a lot of our civilization's collective unconscious is buried.

Everywhere I go, I see people struggling to clarify the source of their problems. But this is really difficult when we're manipulated through media to understand what comes from inside us versus outside.

So this is my effort to contribute what I've learned about making the unconscious conscious, and what I continue to learn about living in a state of Not-Knowing. Because you can't erase uncertainty, but you can embrace it.

Over 25+ years I've wandered in all 50 states, dozens of countries, and thousands of cities, towns, and wildernesses, and I've noticed that wandering dissipates alienation, isolation, and indoctrination, 3 enormous invisible by-products of living in the industrial system.

Now I write essays and lead walks designed to teach people the practice of wandering, and to gently help people see themselves, each other, and the world more clearly. New York City is usually the territory of my writings and wanders, because this city is an incredible teacher. It's more fun than it sounds.

I want you to experience new people, places, processes, rituals, and ideas, adding new neuronal pathways in your brain, while also adding new people to your contacts. Wandering takes us out of our silos, and results in a more connected, intelligent, and interesting world.

Each of us is lives on an incomplete map of reality, but the more we communicate and explore the more we add detail and depth and distance to our 'maps' -individual and collective - the better our decision-making will become.

Live on a Bigger Map.

Now please
read my posts (and subscribe so you can leave comments),
and join me for a wander next time you’re in NYC!

Thanks for visiting,
Morgan Oxley

P.S. I take a lot of lazy photographs as I wander around. Unless otherwise noted, all photos on this site were taken by me. If your art is in a photo, please contact me and I'll credit you.

I am autonomous being.
I neither lead nor follow.
I take and I give.
I walk the line between will and acceptance.
No one above me. No one below.