On Going Places
Sometimes you’re going from A to B
and you know where B is, and that’s fine,
you just go there. Directions from A to
B leave little room for improvisation or
interpretation, especially when “B” is a
known & fixed value, but usually when
you’re in this situation you’re ok with that.
Sometimes you don’t know where B is and
so you use a map of some kind to get from
A, perhaps a drawn map or a written list
of directions or some telephone friend’s
ongoing description. Though there might
be some twists, I’m sure you’ll get there
eventually.
And sometimes B isn’t a fixed value, or
isn’t really a place but more of an idea,
or maybe there isn’t really a B at all just a
sort of completion-of-the-journey feeling.
For these occasions it can be pretty fun to
leap into the open arms of the world with
some lines to swing on, a way of navigating
besides observing the broad strokes of the landscape.
 On Cooking

Sometimes you’ll cook something that

you’ve made a hundred times before,
go by memory, chop things up, familiar
ingredients, maybe watch a show at the
same time, head elsewhere.You don’t need
a recipe because it’s practically muscle
memory.

And sometimes you’ll cook something

new, dabbling with strange flavours,
bringing out untapped elements of
familiar ingredients
or striding into
completely new territory, carefully
following someone’s written account of
this concoction step by step until your
common sense calls for a substitution of
some kind. Eventually the recipe will be
finished and ready to eat.

On Following

When you’re following someone to a

restaurant or a party or to see a cool
tide pool they found on the beach, you
generally don’t know where you’re going.
That’s ok, because the person you’re
following knows. They’re leading you
somewhere.

When you’re following someone while

partner dancing, they’re leading you
through a series of movements, and every
movement is a suggestion. It’s ok if you
miss a suggestion or two, or decide to
substitute something else instead of one
of the suggestions. It’s all part of the same
groove, and it might just work out better.

When you’re
following a
geographic recipe
in this game, the
experience will have elements of both the
above.You’ll trust you’re going somewhere
interesting, and it’s fine to modify the listed
suggestions when you’re inclined to.

On Recipes

Recipes are not like maps. Maps are strict,

for the most part, and unyielding. (Recipes
are all about yield! Haha! Ok I’ll stop.)
Recipes can be dabbled with, modified, or
changed outright.
Like dances, recipes are collections of
suggestions. And while we could talk about
them being good suggestions (such as
“add some garlic to the green beans while
they’re frying”) or ill-advised suggestions
(such as “add some heavy cream to the
green beans while they’re frying”), it’s
better to talk about appropriate suggestions
or inappropriate ones for the situation
you’re in.
With these geographic recipes, you’ll get
to choose an appropriate one which you
can further tailor to the situation you’re
in, either by experimentation or intuition.
A Quiet Darkness
1. Stand until you begin leaning in a direction, & walk that way.
2.When you reach a lot of information, bear left.
3. Follow the shadow-direction.
4.Whistling?
5. Go away from the big moving thing.
6. Go right around the barrier.
7. Listening as the sound drops away.
8. Low down.
9. A quiet darkness.
A recipe that feels like it’s intended for
use in a room full of friends might get
no traction on a busy street– but perhaps
experimentation will prove otherwise.
On Substitutions
A canny chef will modify a recipe to better
fit their current situation. For food recipes
that might include scaling it to make more
or fewer servings, making allowances for
allergies or food preferences, adding more
garlic, spicing it up or down, modifying the
dish so it’s not too similar to what we ate
last night, and so on.
For geographic recipes that might include
broadening the indicated observation into
other senses, adjusting the scale, modifying
the journey due to weather, staying away
from a dangerous thing or area, adding
repetitions of the same steps to get some
better distance out of it, taking a pit stop or
detour, correcting away from somewhere
that doesn’t seem fruitful, switching out
one strange sound for another, pivoting
towards an unexpected excitement, seeking
the opposite, rebounding from a barricade,
respectfully aliceing, and so on.
On Taking Steps
Recipes are made from lists of steps, each
one a small part of the whole. They’re
intended to be followed in order, though
we’ve discussed how that’s malleable once
you’re out in the wild.
A step tells you what to do right now
or actively be looking for as you move
through your surroundings. Each step
points you in the direction of the next
step– they get you moving, & it’s up to you
with your perception & interpretation to
know when to stop following the current
one and start looking for signs of the next.

Sometimes one step will lead you
seamlessly to the next one, and sometimes
you’ll have to wait a bit in the place you
choose for the next step to come along.
Waiting for steps to materialize can take a
pinch of trust and a dash of hope; if you
find yourself lacking either of those it
might be time to make a substitution based
on your expectations of your surroundings.
On Arriving
Let’s talk about maps again for a moment.
Following maps or directions can be kind
of precarious because if you miss even one
step, or switch a few around, then suddenly
you’ve “done it wrong” and won’t wind up
at your destination.
Following geographic recipes is more
forgiving because they, by their nature, set
the destination where you wind up. And
whether or not you’ve arrived is your
opinion rather than some arbitrary external
geography.
When you arrive, that is to say, when
you complete the last step of your recipe,
hold that moment for yourself. Feel it.
Appreciate the choices and observations
you’ve made and everything that
serendipitously transpired to bring you in
line with a written-down list of things to
watch for and do, everything that brought
you to this place of completion. Regardless
of how it happened, it feels pretty special
to experience it. Remember this place: this
is where this recipe led you, where this line
of exploration wound up. Congratulations!
On Recording Your Journey
Using the methods and tools you prefer,
either during or afterwards, make a
record of your journey. Perhaps you’ll
take photographs of your departure and
pivot points. Perhaps you’ll make point-
form journal entries that reflect on each
step as you reach them. Perhaps you’ll
capture your voice, or collect trinkets and
keepsakes along the way.
However you choose to do so, your record
is a boon to other travelers experimenting
with the same recipe. If possible, install or
post a copy of your record in a public place
along with the recipe. Others may wish to
follow in your footsteps or compare the
way you followed the recipe to their own
resultant journey.
On Writing New Recipes
Don’t sweat the context. Context can be
implied, but it’s fine for a recipe to be
followed by someone in a different context
than originally conceived. These recipes,
in contrast to certain other extant forms
of psychogeographic navigation, should be
concerned primarily with the view point
of the follower and their role as interpreter
of their environment rather than a primary
focus on the environment-as-maze and the
follower’s role as navigator thereof.
The title of your recipe is also its
anticipated outcome, so please be wise
about the strain you’re putting on reality.
I would hazard that “A Delightful Korean
Restaurant In Your Price Range” is too
specific, though if you whip up a recipe
that locates one reliably I would be
extremely interested in copying it down.
Steps are best if a little vague and open
to interpretation by the follower in their
particular surroundings. Draw on the
senses. Avoid exact measurements, like
paces or metres or left turns or city blocks.
Avoid writing steps that instruct potentially
awkward or situationally upsetting things
like trailing passersby or opening doors
(though of course the followers have
a responsibility to make appropriate
adjustments). Consider progressing from
potentially large movements to probably
smaller movements, as if fine-tuning a
radio station. See if you can squeeze extra
meaning out of your words, selecting
words that mean two or more things or can
be interpreted different ways in particular
contexts.
The example recipes are all experiments.
They embrace different writing styles.
Dabble with these writing styles or create
your own. What would a recipe for
locating something in a drawer look like?
What about a recipe to be followed by a
large number of people, or two recipes that
interconnect, or a recipe to take you back
to where you started via an alternate route?
What about multi-day recipes or sequel
recipes or shapeshifting recipes or recipes
that might result in the follower having a
different point of view?
The End
...she went on. “Would you tell me, please,
which way I ought to go from here?”
“That depends a good deal on where you
want to get to,” said the Cat.
“I don’t much care where—” said Alice.
“Then it doesn’t matter which way you
go,” said the Cat.
“—so long as I get somewhere,” Alice
added as an explanation.
“Oh, you’re sure to do that,” said the Cat,
“if you only walk long enough.”
Follow
by Jackson Tegu
Dedicated to my dear love @autoflaneur &
all the places you’ve taken me.
This game started when I saw the art in an
old folder of Graypawn’s shelved projects.
Some of the steps along the way seemed
useless or unnecessary, but they got us here.
Written in Seattle, Olympia, Copenhagen,
Hobro, Sofia, Sapareva Banya, Rila, Plovdiv,
Dublin, Doolin, Oslo, Los Angeles, and
the I-5 heading North toward Oakland,
March and April 2016. Layout perfected in
Oakland just before leaving.
Thanks to Marina, Símon & Anders, Mads,
Frix, Lizzie, everyone at the Østerskov,
three Mortens, two Troelses, Sidsel,
Jonathan, everyone at Fastaval (words
cannot express), Nina, Ann & Peter, Miguel,
Dyado Delcho, Mike K & Marina#3 &
Dana-son, everyone at Downtown Blues,
Øle Peder again, Siku, Mika, PSH, Skye,
everyone at the Sugar Shack, and ESBG.
Rats off to my lovely patrons, in
particular Bay, .dig, Dylan Nix,Vice
Telepath Eric Fattig, Evan Silberman,
Feiya Wang, Madu, Greg Sanders, Harry
Lee, Admiral Fuzzyface & Madame
Feisty, Jason Wodicka, Jenn the 90 year
old tree, The Fuzziest Kitty, Joe Snack-
Chomper Greathead, John Harper, John
Powell, Jon ‘Van’ Robertson, Jonathan
Jung Johansen, J. Walton, Josh T Jordan,
Kythryn Hymys, Lester Ward, Matthew
Klein, Matthew Sullivan-Barrett, Nathan
Black, nemomeme, Galactic Impersonator
Noam Rosen, Phil ‘Wiseacre’ Hanley,
Sean Nittner, Sparrow, Stras ‘Consulting
Designer’ Acimovic, Tony Dowler,Vincent
Baker, and The Indisputable Will.
This follows in the footsteps of other
psychogeographic experiments & games,
such as those by the Situationists, The
Flaneur Society, The Bureau of Unknown
Destinations, Rachael Antony, Joel Henry,
William Burroughs, Robert Macfarlane,
Harry Giles, and probably you.
Special thanks to A* & Nathan,Ymr,
Gary Mmm, Robert, Sythana & Sarah,
Graypawn, Dub & Janine, Lo, & Lewis.
photographsoflightning.com
patreon.com/jacksontegu
A Quiet Darkness
1. Stand until you begin leaning in a direction, & walk that way.
2.When you reach a lot of information, bear left.
3. Follow the shadow-direction.
4.Whistling?
5. Go away from the big moving thing.
6. Go right around the barrier.
7. Listening as the sound drops away.
8. Low down.
9. A quiet darkness.

How To Play

Take 1 recipe.
Follow the steps but also your intuition
and senses. Trust serendipity but also your
gut and head. If the recipe’s off, broaden
your interpretation, or switch a couple
steps, or jump ahead, or tweak it a little, or
substitute something else entirely, or open
your arms to the world for suggestions.
Let your mindset be inquisitive, expectant,
aware, and trusting. Engaged with the
unfolding journey. Accepting of serendipity.
Excitedly scanning for the next step of
your recipe to reveal itself. Weight on one
foot, ready to change directions. Patient.
Tuned in.

Await Further Instructions

1. Go in the least familiar direction until your breathing changes.
2.Wait for the new sound rising, & go towards where you heard it come from.
3. Go only as far as you could see when you first heard the sound, & wait there.
4. Someone who catches your eye will appear, go to where they caught your eye & wait.
5. Pick up the least dirty thing you can find.
6. Await further instructions.

How To Play

Take 1 recipe.
Follow the steps but also your intuition
and senses. Trust serendipity but also your
gut and head. If the recipe’s off, broaden
your interpretation, or switch a couple
steps, or jump ahead, or tweak it a little, or
substitute something else entirely, or open
your arms to the world for suggestions.
Let your mindset be inquisitive, expectant,
aware, and trusting. Engaged with the
unfolding journey. Accepting of serendipity.
Excitedly scanning for the next step of
your recipe to reveal itself. Weight on one
foot, ready to change directions. Patient.
Tuned in.
Shining
1.Where it is quietest.
2.Where it is darkest.
3.Where it is quietest.
4.Where it is darkest.
5.Where it is quietest.
6.Where it is darkest.
7. Shining.

How To Play

Take 1 recipe.
Follow the steps but also your intuition
and senses. Trust serendipity but also your
gut and head. If the recipe’s off, broaden
your interpretation, or switch a couple
steps, or jump ahead, or tweak it a little, or
substitute something else entirely, or open
your arms to the world for suggestions.
Let your mindset be inquisitive, expectant,
aware, and trusting. Engaged with the
unfolding journey. Accepting of serendipity.
Excitedly scanning for the next step of
your recipe to reveal itself. Weight on one
foot, ready to change directions. Patient.
Tuned in.

A Detail Perfectly In Place

1. Offer your hand to the room or street, and when someone takes it, follow them.
2.They’ll eventually deposit you somewhere. Look down for a moment, then look forward and begin slowly walking forward.
3. As you look, when you meet someone’s eyes, offer them your hand.
4.When someone takes your hand, smile with them and listen together for the rhythm.
5.When you hear the rhythm, move to it with them and lead them to and fro but nowhere in particular.
6.When they part from you, say goodbye, and look up.
7. A detail perfectly in place.

How To Play

Take 1 recipe.
Follow the steps but also your intuition
and senses. Trust serendipity but also your
gut and head. If the recipe’s off, broaden
your interpretation, or switch a couple
steps, or jump ahead, or tweak it a little, or
substitute something else entirely, or open
your arms to the world for suggestions.
Let your mindset be inquisitive, expectant,
aware, and trusting. Engaged with the
unfolding journey. Accepting of serendipity.
Excitedly scanning for the next step of
your recipe to reveal itself. Weight on one
foot, ready to change directions. Patient.
Tuned in.
Hurrah!
1.Towards an imagined solitude.
2.Towards a likely dinner.
3.Towards an expected warmth.
4.Towards an anticipated cup of tea.
5.Towards the voices.
6. Hurrah!

How To Play

Take 1 recipe.
Follow the steps but also your intuition
and senses. Trust serendipity but also your
gut and head. If the recipe’s off, broaden
your interpretation, or switch a couple
steps, or jump ahead, or tweak it a little, or
substitute something else entirely, or open
your arms to the world for suggestions.
Let your mindset be inquisitive, expectant,
aware, and trusting. Engaged with the
unfolding journey. Accepting of serendipity.
Excitedly scanning for the next step of
your recipe to reveal itself. Weight on one
foot, ready to change directions. Patient.
Tuned in.

Yesterday’s Remains
1. Close your eyes.What was a colour from yesterday?
2. Open your eyes and walk towards the first instance of that colour.
3.When you notice a more powerful instance of that colour, walk towards that instead.
4. Position yourself nearby so that both instances of the color are not visible to you.
5. Listen for a whispering, shushing, hissing, burbling, sweeping, or sizzling sound. Go towards it.
6.You will hear a voice say something. Interpret this as either “left” or “right” and go that way.
7. Something is cold.Touch it, find it.
8.There’s something written on or near it.
9.Yesterday’s remains.

How To Play

Take 1 recipe.
Follow the steps but also your intuition
and senses. Trust serendipity but also your
gut and head. If the recipe’s off, broaden
your interpretation, or switch a couple
steps, or jump ahead, or tweak it a little, or
substitute something else entirely, or open
your arms to the world for suggestions.
Let your mindset be inquisitive, expectant,
aware, and trusting. Engaged with the
unfolding journey. Accepting of serendipity.
Excitedly scanning for the next step of
your recipe to reveal itself. Weight on one
foot, ready to change directions. Patient.
Tuned in.
Something To Bring With You
1. Go towards the people.
2. Approach the complicated pattern.
3. Around the edge, follow the perimeter.
4. Calling voice.
5. Something to bring with you.

How To Play

Take 1 recipe.
Follow the steps but also your intuition
and senses. Trust serendipity but also your
gut and head. If the recipe’s off, broaden
your interpretation, or switch a couple
steps, or jump ahead, or tweak it a little, or
substitute something else entirely, or open
your arms to the world for suggestions.
Let your mindset be inquisitive, expectant,
aware, and trusting. Engaged with the
unfolding journey. Accepting of serendipity.
Excitedly scanning for the next step of
your recipe to reveal itself. Weight on one
foot, ready to change directions. Patient.
Tuned in.

Bathed In The Light

1. Respectfully draw nearer a potential danger.
2.Take the lead from others nearby for how to behave.
3.When not in danger, dig through your pockets for something to drop and drop it, allowing it to indicate your next direction.
4. If this returns you to danger, behave carefully.
5. A square.
6. Parallel lines.
7. Bathed in the light.

How To Play

Take 1 recipe.
Follow the steps but also your intuition
and senses. Trust serendipity but also your
gut and head. If the recipe’s off, broaden
your interpretation, or switch a couple
steps, or jump ahead, or tweak it a little, or
substitute something else entirely, or open
your arms to the world for suggestions.
Let your mindset be inquisitive, expectant,
aware, and trusting. Engaged with the
unfolding journey. Accepting of serendipity.
Excitedly scanning for the next step of
your recipe to reveal itself. Weight on one
foot, ready to change directions. Patient.
Tuned in.