Ryan Bercaw - Derive

The most interesting thing to consider, in my opinion, after finishing the reading is how often we are subjected to derive without realizing it. The article makes it clear that derive differs from surrealist automatism in that it's the surrounding deciding where the subject travels to, rather than the subjects subconscious (as we often do when we go for walks to clear or minds), but in an urban environment, the visual language of the city may play a bigger part in our course of travels then we may immediately assume. It could be an interesting excercise to pay more attention to the paths we take when traveling different places paying attention to how often the locations being traveled on are the main reason that path is traveled in the first place.