We spend all of our internet attention in recommended feeds and closed apps; it is time to do the opposite, jumping through links, filling our bookmarks, falling down rabbit holes. The first action is to draw a map. A map to gather our discoveries, to navigate our world, and to remind us of unexplored territories. A map to get lost. Wilderness Land is my map. It is a celebration of web surfing: an evolving archive of discoveries from my adventures through the web. It is links instead of likes. It is a portal between the known and the unknown, a reminder to escape the scrolling feed, and an attempt to produce other worlds than the myth of the death web. I have hidden five hundred links across the map. To find the links move your mouse cursor over the map. You have discovered a link when your cursor changes from the arrow to the pointing finger. Since mobile phones do not have a cursor, Wilderness Land is primarily a desktop experience. Should you encounter a website of particular liking, try to hunt the nearby area for other links. Like when you are mushroom foraging. Behind the map is a Google Sheet. So I did not have to use any code to make the map. However, I owe tribute to BodieH’s D&D map creator template. As for the names of the places, I was considering using Sad Topographies as recommended by multiple readers. However, I decided to use a simple online name generator. Finally, the images are from DeviantArt and Open Game Art. Questions and comments are welcome. To be continued.

Wilderness Land

A Tribute to Web Surfing

A Tribute to Web Surfing