a dozen cards from Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies deck

the ones I actually pull when a project stalls. deck has over 100 cards total, no order to it at all

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Honour thy error as a hidden intention

Eno's own line, not mine. the one I quote most and use least

Use an old idea

Try faking it!

exclamation point's on the actual card, not my addition

Don't be frightened to display your talents

If a thing can be said, it can be said simply

(still true), the whole card in six words

Do we need holes?

strangest card in my dozen, somehow the most useful one for cutting scope

Make it more sensual

Gardening, not architecture

reframed how i think about design systems. plant it and prune it, don't blueprint it. pin this above the desk

Work at a different speed

Only one element of each kind

What would your closest friend do?

pull this one when I'm overthinking feedback

Repetition is a form of change

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