There’s a list of the Second Edition’s cards here with some really great, often challenging advice, like… Do nothing for as long as possible.
It’s not quite as elegant or organic as Eno’s beautiful analog version, but it can do the trick at the right moment. Go to the page and click on “ Click here for a new pick” to generate a new card. ( This ancient site gives a great history though few of the links work). Oblique Strategiesīecause there were only a limited number of analog editions produced, a set costs upwards of $500 if you’ve got the dough, you’ll find them here.
They are potent and beautiful and by many accounts, really work. Bowie clearly got a lot of use out of them. Created by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt in the seventies (they were WAY ahead of their time), the cards are meant to be picked at random when a musician or artist found themselves ‘stuck’ and in need of a shift of view. This Python module and terminal command gives you one Oblique Strategy per run, taken from any of the original three decks or from the fourth special one.We made another fantastic find at Artists Books, Multiples and Editions: an image of David Bowie’s well-worn, taped-together set of Oblique Strategies cards. To understand more about this method, you should read which also serves as the original sources for every deck in this module. Unsurprisingly, considering the creative nature of programming, this works very well when trying to overcome a deadlock in the midst of coding. In the subsequent years more and more editions of the deck of cards were made.
In 1975, the magnificent Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt designed a method for promoting creativity, where each card offers a way to break mental blocks. This work is forked from CrossNox’s Programming Excusesĭelving deep into the history and development of David Bowie’s Heroes I found out that during the recording of the album, Brian Eno made use of his set of cards: Oblique Strategies. Created by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt, first published in 1975
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