The Creative Cards

I built Creative Cards to solve a very specific problem I kept running into: Staring at a project with too many options and no momentum. As a music producer and writer, I’ve learned that creativity doesn’t die from lack of idea it dies from too much freedom. Blank canvases are paralyzing. A single constraint on the other hand, forces decisions and decisions create momentum. The Creative Cards is a simple, free tool that gives you that constraint on demand and can be used at any point of your creative process. You draw a card and get a focused prompt. Sometimes a limitation, sometimes a workflow shift, sometimes a mindset reframe to interrupt your default patterns and help you start and re-engaged. During development, I intentionally stripped everything down: No login. No feeds. No gamification. The goal was to make something you could return to instantly, use for 30 seconds, and get back to creating. It’s inspired by tools like Brian Eno’s Oblique Strategies, but tailored specifically for modern music producers and creatives dealing with creative blocks, overthinking, and technical overwhelm. It’s free to use, so if it helps you start or derails your process in a useful way, I’d love to hear how you use it. Happy to answer any questions. — Hermes, Sound + Creativity