oblique_strategies Piso Mojado Over One Hundred Worthwhile Dilemmas by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt "These cards evolved from our separate observations on the principles underlying what we were doing. Sometimes they were recognized in retrospect (intellect catching up with intuition), sometimes they were identified as they were happening, sometimes they were formulated. They can be used as a pack (a set of possibilities being continuously reviewed in the mind) or by drawing a single card from the shuffled pack when a dilemma occurs in a working situation. In this case,the card is trusted even if its appropriateness is quite unclear. They are not final, as new ideas will present themselves, and others will become self-evident." 051028 ... Piso Mojado online version http://stoney.sb.org/eno/oblique.html 051028 ... () () 051028 ... andru235 "use an old idea" "don't be frightened of cliches" (BOOGEY BOOGEY!) "consult other sources -promising -unpromising" (YAY!) "it is quite possible (after all)" 051028 ... Piso Mojado Make a sudden, destructive unpredictable action; incorporate 051028 ... andru235 here's three of my favorite oblique strategies: "Remove specifics and convert to ambiguities" "Go to an extreme, move back to a more comfortable place" "lost in useless territory" 051028 ... andru235 just think! i've been an oblique stategist all these years, and never even knew it. wow. 051028 ... Piso Mojado water 051029 ... zeke heuristics 051029 ... [ho; I found my goldfish and now I need a bowl? 051029 ...