The thoughts behind the thoughtssentences by peter schmidt pdf

In 1970 Peter Schmidt created this mixed media work by combining extant prints from his studio and aphoristic writings mined from his journals Sets of 55 thoughts were assembled onto thick card stock boxed and given away to friends family and colleagues such as Jasia Reichardt Robert Wyatt and Brian Eno In exploring the pathways leading to the creative process they constitute a sort of ante ars poetica and in so doing strongly prefigure the Oblique Strategies which Schmidt later created in collaboration with Eno The Thoughts Behind The ThoughtsSentences by Peter Schmidt