Dragon Boy Tales, a series of illustrations to explore Dragon Boy's origins by
confronting demons, slaying egos, and following my bliss.
- Martin
Inspired by Oblique Strategies created by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt
Dragon Boy Tales Book
Dragon Boy Tales - Cover & Inserts
Retrace Your Steps - Color
Steps
Oblique Strategies
The Quest
Disciplined self-indulgence
Emphasize the flaws
Work at a different speed
Discard an axiom
Remove ambiguities and convert to specifics
Stick with love
Is there something missing?
Turn it upside down
Emphasize differences
Go to an extreme
Just carry on
Simple subtraction
Give way to your worst impulse
You are an engineer
Be less critical more often
Reverse
Humanize something free of error
Allow an easement
Use an old idea
Do something boring
Tidy up
Remember those quiet evenings
Do we need holes?
In total darkness or in a very large room
Accept advice
More comfortable place
Once the search is in progress
What to increase? What to reduce?
What would your closest friend do?
Retrace your steps
Disconnect from desire
Turn it upside down
Trust in the you of now
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