We all encounter creative blocks from time to time.
Oblique Strategies is a set of cards that offer a little creative inspiration when you need it most.
Devised in conjunction with artist Peter Schmidt, Oblique Strategies' aim is to encourage lateral thinking.
For example “Try faking it!
“, “What to increase?
“, and “Don’t be afraid of things because they’re easy to do”.
The real beauty is that there are no “rules” for using them.
These are not positive affirmation cards or a Tarot deck.
I heard about these cards several years ago and immediately bought a deck.
While I don’t refer to them every day, they call to me from time to time.
I find they’re great to draw on in the bleak hours of depressing inaction.
They’re a little weird, a little avant garde, and superbly inspiring.
