| j.hall wrote on Thu, 15 December 2005 04:52 |
if cards are drawn they need to be adhered to. there is little point in using the cards if we are all going to just blow them off to varying degrees.
the point of the cards is to create a "control" group.
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Well, the cards aren't all as straightforward and easy to follow as the one I drew before. Most are deliberately vague, because the original idea was that they should be equally applicable to musicians, engineers, producers, and... painters. (The cards' co-author, the late Peter Schmidt was a painter.)
Another three at random:
1. Take away the elements in order of apparent non-importance.
2. Look closely at the most embarrassing details and amplify them.
3. Don't be afraid of things because they're easy to do.
So, while "follow the cards" is a fine rule, it might be a little difficult to enforce... unless I looked through the deck and specifically chose some that were more easily enforceable.
As for using them to create a "control," there is another way to use them. On the "Heroes" record, Bowie and Eno would each draw one, keep it a secret from each other, and follow it for the entire night. One particular night, they fought endlessly and discovered later that Bowie's card had said, "Fill every beat with something," and Eno's card had said, "Overtly resist change."
It might also be interesting to give each group (or person, or project, whatever) a different card.
[EDIT: We could also see that each musician (or part if one musician were playing multiple parts) got a different card.]
I don't know. Which ever the group prefers.
DF
