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2<p>A dérive (or ‘drift’) is an invitation to encounter familiar terrains in unfamiliar ways. Dérives were originally intended as liberatory acts; in this spirit this ‘how-to’ is a note of encouragement for you to make any dérive your own – this is not an instruction manual.</p>
3<p>There isn’t a single, ‘right’ way to drift. We simply invite you to follow your curiosities and desires, and move with your surroundings using all your senses. Stay open to what you might encounter and where you might go while drifting. You might want to set a duration for your dérive. Three minutes, half an hour, several hours, a whole day or many days: you decide.</p>
4<p>Drift alone or in the company of others: human and other-than-human. Drift with animals, or ghosts. Anyway, as you drift, you will soon realise you are in the company of numerous others.</p>
5<p>/ Everything, everywhere, all at once, dérive /</p>
6<hr/>
7<p>There are over 200 <a href="/take-a-derive">dérive prompts</a> here, inviting you to attune with more-than-human worlds. Many draw your attention to notice and give attention to creatures, things, and phenomena in your surroundings that often go unnoticed. Some dérive prompts invite exploration of practices such as deep listening, breathing and presencing, and multi-sensory awareness. They are sorted by ten inter-related categories:</p>
8<p>Becoming 🌈<br/>
9<!-- -->To listen and attune to those less visible or heard</p>
10<p>Space-time ☲<br/>
11<!-- -->To understand space and time differently</p>
12<p>Decentering the Human 🌚<br/>
13<!-- -->To not assume anthropocentrism and human exceptionalism</p>
14<p>Sensemaking ◑<br/>
15<!-- -->To feel, think, and know differently</p>
16<p>Do-it-Together ✨<br/>
17<!-- -->To drift with other humans and more</p>
18<p>Tracing 💛<br/>
19<!-- -->To notice different marks and patterns</p>
20<p>Thresholds 🌸<br/>
21<!-- -->To explore the in-between</p>
22<p>Listening ㋡<br/>

22
23<!-- -->To listen and attune to those less visible or heard</p>
24<p>One Word ⫸<br/>
25<!-- -->To play with key terms from the <a href="https://creatures-eu.org/glossary-games-a-bloc/">Creatures Glossary</a></p>
26<p>Magic Eight Ball 🎱<br/>
27<!-- -->To mix-it-all up across all categories</p>
28<p>Or create a dérive of your own. If you have an idea for a dérive, you could share it with others.</p>
29<hr/>
30<p>Now, would you like to <a href="/take-a-derive">take a More-than-Human Dérive</a> or learn more about <a href="/about-us">how it came about</a>?</p>
31<hr/>
32<h3>Additional notes:</h3>
33<ul>
34<li>Make sure you have clothing appropriate for local climate and movement across a range of terrain and surfaces. If you plan to drift for a while, it’d be wise to take water and stay hydrated.</li>
35<li>Drifting can be immersive and engrossing. Take care especially while drifting around objects and creatures, including humans. Be responsible for your own safety.</li>
36<li>As you drift, you might wish to use a printed copy of <a href="https://more-than-human-derive.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MTHD-Record.pdf">More-than-Human Dérive Record</a> (only Melbourne version is currently available) or other recording devices as a way to capture your impressions and experiences.</li>
37<li>You can also simply record with your body. We like this. Once your drift comes to an end, you could add a new creature or offer your dérive story to one of the existing creatures on the <a href="/">map</a>. Your offering can include a range of things: text, photos, drawings, diagrams, collages, bark rubbings, audio or video recordings and other media. Feel free to go wildly imaginative. The creature will then carry your story through its lifetime, and if you wish, whisper it to someone afar.</li>
38<li>When your dérive is done, <a href="/take-a-derive">take another</a> or suggest a dérive idea, if you’d like.</li>
39<li>Thanks for drifting and sharing your experiences with the feral creatures (including us), and exploring and opening new ways we sense and know many worlds by making more-than-human stories together.</li>
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