Work At A Different Speed

How using 'Oblique Strategies' has informed my daily practices and made my work and life better

The tension was building, and quickly. The trickle of pressure began piping down my neck and emptied like a delta into my the center of my chest. I knew that this river of pressure would soon give way to a full blown waterfall of anxiety and terror. It was 6:45 in the morning. It happened while I was hanging up a few of my flannel shirts.

Dropping the hanger a second time was the first clue that things were headed in the wrong direction. It was a black hanger, one of those with that faux velvet texture meant to impart an air of luxury, but does little more than to bathe the garment it holds in a glow of TJ Maxx level fashion. This particular black, faux velvet hanger had caught numerous times on neighboring pants as I tried to pull it from the closet rod. It was pissing me off to a ridiculous degree.

The removal of the hanger would s…