― Trevor, Monday, 17 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Tom, Monday, 17 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― katie, Monday, 17 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Absolute bunkum. In what way precisely does a strategy like "Play your instruments left-handed" constitute a koan? Or even, for that matter, "Honour thy mistakes for their hidden intentions?"
Sounds pretty self-explanatory to me. The latter is an especially useful one in a song-writing context - by giving a mistake made in playing credence, it can add an unexpected twist to a particular progression.
Eno and Schmidtt devised Oblique Strategies to save time in the studio, as a method of bypassing a creative impasse, especially useful when studio bills start mounting up. So you see, OS was a practical solution to a practical problem. I don't see how Eastern mysticism enters into it at all.
As an aside, I think if Oblique Strategies had been devised in a non- rock setting then no-one would have batted an eyelid.
― Andrew L, Monday, 17 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Well I reckon you're out of firing range by now, so I'll have to content myself with saying...
OS aren't art per se, they're a conduit for art.
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