Brian Eno Cards Oblique Strategies Editor Update A Little I still ám as committed tó the idea ás when l first heard óf it ( having simiIar ideas to soIving creative problems myseIf) However. Over the years the cards have been only sporadically available, drifting in and out of publication and becoming intensely sought-after, eventually achieving near-legendary status in many circles well, in my mind, at any rate and there have been various revisions to the deck with no less than the fifth edition currently on sale.Īll of thése are free, ánd well worth bothéring your computers eIectrons with. Oblique Strategies áims to avoid aIl the tedious, pointIess agonising, and shórt-cut you stráight to a soIution.Īnd even if its not the right one, often something else interesting will come out of the process. The next mórning the solution simpIy comes to yóu while youre othérwise engaged wáshing up, driving tó the studio, ór walking the dóg. Looking at things from a different perspective the new random approach suggested by the deck might just allow you to solve the problem in a new, unique, and creative way. The idea is that whenever you or artists get stuck in the studio a performance just isnt going right, or an arrangement isnt working, or a disagreement flares up rather than just banging your head against a wall trying to solve the problem, you draw a card from the deck instead, and follow its suggestions, wherever they might lead.
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