The word Derive means to obtain or recieve from a source or to trace the origins of something. While Browsing the internet, users surf through endless contact, going from one page to another and most of the time, no one stops to think how they ended up on a certain on a certain topic or site. The image above is a dipiction of a 30 minute journey that I had while browsing the internet without having an initial goal of being online. Myspace lead me to a friend's car, that reminded me of a paint article that I had been meaning to look up once again, so I searched for Street rodder magizine's website, then started thinking about different paint ideas and supplies and thats where I ended my web session. In a similar "experiment", I have used myspace started on my own page and by clicking a friend's page and then going to a page of a friend of theirs and so on, I was able to trace a path back to myself, through complete strangers friend's list. When you take the time to trace out where you have been on the internet and think about how it all relates, it can be quite intreresting. Life itself happens in a similar manner. We live our lives and become influenced and interested in so many things, but they are all related and traceable back to the origin in which they derived from.
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