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OBLIQUE STRATEGIES CARD TEXT
Remove specifics and convert to ambiguities Don't be frightened of cliches
What is the reality of the situation? Are there sections? Consider
transitions Turn it upside down Think of the radio Allow an easement (an
easement is the abandonment of a stricture) Simple subtraction Be dirty Go
slowly all the way round the outside A line has two sides Make an
exhaustive list of everything you might do & do the last thing on the list
Into the impossible Towards the insignificant Ask people to work against
their better judgement Take away the elements in order of apparent
non-importance Infinitesimal gradations Change instrument roles Accretion
Disconnect from desire Emphasize repetitions Faced with a choice, do both
(given by Dieter Rot) Children -speaking -singing Lost in useless territory
A very small object Its center Dont be afraid of things because they're
easy to do Dont be frightened to display your talents Breathe more deeply
Honor thy error as a hidden intention What are the sections sections of?
Imagine a caterpillar moving Only one element of each kind Is there
something missing Use `unqualified' people How would you have done it?
Emphasize differences Do nothing for as long as possible Bridges -build
-burn Always give yourself credit for having more than personality (given
by Arto Lindsay) You don't have to be ashamed of using your own ideas Tidy
up Do the words need changing? Ask your body Tape your mouth (given by
Ritva Saarikko) Water Simply a matter of work Make a sudden, destructive
unpredictable action; incorporate Consult other sources -promising
-unpromising Use an unacceptable color Humanize something free of error Use
filters Fill every beat with something Discard an axiom Not building a wall
but making a brick What wouldn't you do? Lowest common denominator
Decorate, decorate Balance the consistency principle with the inconsistency
principle Get your neck massaged Listen to the quiet voice Do the washing
up Is it finished? Put in earplugs Reevaluation (a warm feeling) Give the
name away Intentions -nobility of -humility of -credibility of Abandon
normal instruments Use fewer notes Repetition is a form of change Give way
to your worst impulse Reverse Trust in the you of now Imagine the piece as
a set of disconnected events What would your closest friend do? Distorting
time Make a blank valuable by putting it in an exquisite frame Feed the
recording back out of the medium Convert a melodic element into a rhythmic
element The most important thing is the thing most easily forgotten [blank
white card] Ghost echoes You can only make one dot at a time Just carry on
(Organic) machinery The inconsistency principle Don't break the silence
Idiot glee (?) Discover the recipes you are using and abandon them Cascades
Courage! Spectrum analysis What mistakes did you make last time? Consider
different fading systems Mute and continue Be extravagant It is quite
possible (after all) What are you really thinking about just now? Don't
stress on thing more than another [sic] State the problem in words as
clearly as possible Assemble some of the elements in a group and treat the
group You are an engineer Remove ambiguities and convert to specifics Look
at the order in which you do things Go outside. Shut the door. Disciplined
self-indulgence Do we need holes? Cluster analysis Always first steps Cut a
vital conenction Do something boring Define an area as `safe' and use it as
an anchor Is the information correct? Overtly resist change Question the
heroic approach Accept advice Twist the spine Work at a different speed
Look closely at the most embarrassing details & amplify them Mechanicalize
something idiosyncratic Emphasize the flaws Remember those quiet evenings
Take a break Short circuit (example; a man eating peas with the idea that
they will improve his virility shovels them straight into his lap) Left
channel, right channel, center channel Use an old idea Destroy -nothing
-the most important thing Change nothing and continue with immaculate
consistency The tape is now the music