So here's where it starts to get a little weird.

Back in 1970, an artist named Peter Schmidt created something called "The Thoughts Behind the Thoughts". Using discarded prints, he created 55 cards each with a sentence suggesting a different way of thinking.

At the same time, an acquaintance of Schmidt's was pursuing a similar project.

Brian Eno was then the synthesizer player for one of my all time favorite bands, Roxy Music (check 'em out youngens, they really hold up!), and later went on to a solo career and became a very successful music producer. He's produced or collaborated with artists like David Bowie, U2, Talking Heads and many others.

Okay, enough hero worship.

So, like I was saying, Eno came up with his own set of bamboo cards. On each he hand wrote a single sentence. He called his set of suggestions "Oblique Strategies".

The two discovered that their projects overlapped quite a bit and they decided to combine them as one, which they released commercially as a box of cards called "Oblique Strategies"

Over the years, several editions of the cards have been released, and they are now freely available in several digital forms, including apps for Android and iPhone. Just search "Oblique Strategies" and you will find several versions.

But what do I do with these cards? How will they help me get unstuck?

Hang in there, it only gets a little weirder.