The Humanities Studio at Pomona College will present music writer Geeta Dayal in discussion of systems and strategies of creativity devised in the 20th century, including those of pioneering musician Brian Eno, 4:30 p.m. Jan. 31 at Hahn Hall.

The event is free and open to the public. The Oblique Strategies, a card deck of “over 100 worthwhile dilemmas,” was originally released by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt in 1975. The Strategies have had impressive cultural traction in the four decades since.

Many of Eno’s high-profile friends and collaborators—from David Bowie to The Edge to David Byrne—have used the cards to get around creative impasses and make music in new ways.

In 1969, Marshall McLuhan released a series of aphorisms, printed on regular poker cards, known as the “Distant Early Warning” cards. John Cage famously used the I Ching, the ancient Chinese divination system based on 64 hexagram.

Dayal writes about electronic music for magazines such as Bookforum, The Wire, The New York Times, and the Village Voice. She is the author of Brian Eno: Another Green World in the 33 1/3 series.

– Contributed by Pomona College