Oblique Strategies: Brian Eno’s Prompts for Overcoming Creative Block

Post by molloy » Mon, Feb 09, 2015, 2:42 AM UTC

tbrownaw wrote: post #11

mbubb wrote: post #2

It seems a mistake to see these as tarot cards or the I Ching, etc. They are a way to short circuit paralysis due to over-thinking. I wrote a little Python script to return a random one to stdout... too trivial to even post. I like the reference to Bowie's "Heros" album in particular the song "Sense of Doubt" which is a great instrumental. I love that album and that song. These are useful little aphorisms for when yo…

I wrote a little Python script to return a random one to stdout... too trivial to even post. If you're not on Windows, you may be interested in the 'fortune' and 'strfile' commands.

Post by mbubb » Mon, Feb 09, 2015, 12:52 PM UTC

peter_l_downs wrote: post #13

mbubb wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://gist.github.com/mbubb/57f7911725dc9688bba5

EDIT: wasn't sure if you were fucking with me or not, then realized there was an earlier version of the gist. Still not sure what happened - thanks?