I spent most of 2013 thick in the blissful-exhausting fog of new-motherhood, and prior to our daughter’s birth, struggled to write a single note of music during pregnancy. I don’t write a lot at the moment, but am so proud and grateful to be writing SOMETHING. Composing is a little thing I can do through the week that is ALL MINE. Was I overdoing it? All I can say is that parenthood requires most of your self. This was not on a whim at the time I was breastfeeding a 9-month old who was waking 3-7 times overnight, and some months earlier, I had also recommenced part-time work as a music copyist. The back-story: Following a 2-year hiatus, I resumed composing in January 2014. However, if you are curious to test out the cards yourself, typing ‘oblique strategies’ into your search engine or app search will leave you spoilt for choice. As the Oblique Strategies are copyright, I’m reluctant to link to any of these, as I’m not sure which are endorsed, if any, or if this is even an issue. Numerous apps and web versions exist, simulating the act of selecting a random card. A deck can be purchased from the Eno Shop. Gregory Taylor goes into great detail about the various editions and availability.
Image credit: Oblique Strategies by Stephanie Asher, is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. Each card offers an aphorism that might inspire solutions around writer’s block or a creative problem. The deck was devised a few years before I was born, in 1975, by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt. I only discovered the Oblique Strategies card deck very recently in my meanderings online.
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