I went on a few 'derives' where I wandered the streets of Epsom in several ways, taking me down roads and lanes I never knew where there. The first derive I did was to follow an outline of a penny draw on a map. The second, our fate was deciphered by flipping a coin at each junction we came to. Heads was always ' go right'. This took us away from Epsom to a rather lovely church graveyard. For my personal derive I decided to take whichever road took my fancy. I was lead by curiosity in the end down a public footpath which I was itching to see where it lead to. Along the way I took rubbings and used my pin hole camera (which I am curious to see the results from).
I really enjoyed this project, I definitely looked at things in a different way as I wasn't rushing to get somewhere. I felt like it made me appreciate more all the minute details that come together to make art in nature. It's also encouraged me to start going on wandering walks to get out of the house more often and explore!
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