Too often, we think of notebooks as a way-station: a necessary stop en-route to the perfected, polished work of art. But what if the notebook is the work of art? What if the process of taking notes is the point?
In the mid-1970s, he developed a system called Oblique Strategies to help people maintain a creative state.
Let me walk through the problem that Eno was trying to solve.
He believes that enthusiasm and alertness are key components of creativity. However, he noticed that artists tend to struggle with maintaining these qualities when working under... See more