It all began with watching a
programme about Brian Eno via the good services of BBC iplayer. I found the
programme interesting especially the unexpected remembrance of finding the box
of cards with words on them I discovered back in the 70’s in a second hand
bookshop which he and another fellow had put together as aid to creativity
thought and to my mind then and now a little silliness. But I could see that
they could spark off other thoughts and thus clear the way to carry on working
in a different way for some people so I bought the box for a birthday present and
let it go with a smile. Seems I should have kept hold of it as they became
rather valuable as a collectors item but I’m glad I gave it away as the person
who received it was pleased and I have gone on to write my own cards through
the years.:0)
The title to this post was on
one of the cards, no I didn’t sneak it out of the box nor did I remember it
over all these years as some sort of mantra, I looked it up after the programme
and found the box has now be reissued in a slightly different form and offered at
a price that means you’d have to really feel a need could be met by words on a 100
small cards written by someone else.
I thought about it for a while as I clicked through some of the other ‘nuggets’ found on these cards and asked myself would I actually buy the box if I had that money to spare hanging around. I decided the answer is definitely a no not because I think it is a whole load of baloney, I do actually see the point of breaking creative blocks or patterns of living etc but think that for me at least creating cards with words on is something I have done all my life be that actually on cards, pieces of paper, till receipts or in my head.
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