So, you truly want to make an
ESSAY
One of the purposes of ESSAY CLUB is to create a platform for the open sharing of essays, concepts, poetry, stories and the exploration of new truths. ESSAY CLUB is about testing and reifying your ideas. We emphasize sharing in a collective context to expand the mind and █████ ███ ██ ███ ███████████–but Yes! sure, you can write an ESSAY on your cat or pet duck–though we suggest writing On Paper as a better surface for your ideas. Remember, tell a story. People love stories (for some reason).
Want to be involved at the next episode?
“SIGN. ME. UP.“
Great choice!
- Please provide a brief summary below of your proposal for the next ESSAY CLUB
- Be as concise as you would like in the summary. Sentence, paragraph, idea, phrase
- Alternatively email hello@pleasekeepsecret.com with your proposal. You will be contacted.
- Want to contribute your writing or become a writer for ESSAY CLUB? Please include this information for consideration. We accept anonymous contributions.
You are now officially in ESSAY CLUB.
“WHAT IF I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO WRITE ABOUT? ☹”
Okay fine. Here are some FREE concepts you could explore in your ESSAY for your next ESSAY CLUB. These concepts WILL NOT LAST so act quick.:
Life, Invincibility, Death, Space, Dementia, Oedipus, Water, Narcissus, Time, Being in a Corporeal form, Lettuce, The End of History, The Alphabet, Cryptography, Language, Space-Time, Your Favourite Existentialist, Heidegger and Studio Ghibli, Your Creative Practice, Your Meditation Practice, Linkin Park and the Deftones, Playschool, Software Engineering, Rollercoaster Tycoon, Simulacra and Hyper-Counter-Normalization, John Howard and The Go Between's, Frisbees, The History of Dominoes Pizza, The History of the Atomic Bomb, On Sunyata and the Formless, David Lynch, Squirrels and Possums, Playing Cards and the History of the Tarot, Modular Synthesizers, Yoghurt: How Is it Made, Really? + Thomas Pynchon, On X or V, Allan Moore, On the Colour of The Sky, Principia Mathematica and Franklin Learns Maths, Your Family Holiday, Newton's Library, How Soccer saved your life, The Fibonnaci Sequence, The Vietnam War, The History of the ESSAY (CLUB), Pig Tilting, How someone at the IMA stole our concept, Why this is the best studio Ghibili film ever made, The different chemical states of water, Language, Cryptography, Anagrams, The Eschaton and Okay that's enough for you.
“I’M ALSO A MUSICIAN!”
Yes, we accept applications from local musicians to perform at ESSAY CLUB. Our selected artist is featured at the end of each episode. This is ESSAY CLUB, after all.
If you are a musician and would like to apply, please include examples of your music via a website, bandcamp or email us an mp3 demo to hello@pleasekeepsecret.com
“WHAT SHOULD I PACK?“
Make sure you prepare a few things before you arrive:
- Your main material including your essay, palm cards, notes, books, references etc.
- Any multimedia including photos, slides. Bring a laptop or USB.
- Your sanity and a water bottle
Do not plagiarize badly.
