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.

My name is Morgan Oxley.

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

I hang out at the corner of industry, influence, and the unconscious mind, because I see people struggling to clarify the source of their problems and understand what comes from inside versus outside of them.

Over 25+ years I've wandered in all 50 states, dozens of countries, and thousands of cities, towns, and wildernesses.

What I've noticed is that wandering dissipates alienation, isolation, and indoctrination, 3 enormous invisible by-products of our industrial system.

So I write essays and lead walks that I hope will help people see themselves, each other, and this world more clearly. I try to outline the situation as I see it and suggest wandering as a practice, mindset, and antidote.

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.