Culture:
Musical Persian Delight

Wise Enterprise:
David Whyte; Heart of Business Conference; Your Inner Ape

Travel:
TimeOut

Wisdom:
Crazy or OtherWise

OtherWise Briefs:
Short-shorts about what's happening in OtherWise World.



Just a reminder. We are becoming one of your primary filters, right? A lot of ore gets crushed to get the gold...so, hold on to or print these issues.

When you're ready for that travel adventure, business move, gift of music, or evening in front of the squak machine - you'll be glad your Golden Retriever is on your lap.



CULTURE:

Musical Persian Delight. "Anroozha". Farid Farjad. Classical Persian violin & piano. Impeccable. One of our favorite things to do is sharing those improbably perfect, impossible to describe, not-easily found blends of great stuff. Now, I understand those annoying reviewers who cover their tushes with the catch-all descriptions of certain cultural offerings by blathering: classical, yet contemporary: exotic, yet familiar; romantic, yet meditative. What can you do, if it's true???

Our Golden Retriever fetches for you "Anroozha" - which is all of the above. Could be just right for you, or you and that other person together, or just that other person - for its classically inspired, exotic - yet familiar, romantic - yet meditative moods.

Call Taraneh Enterprises in Reseda CA at 818 708-1166 to order... About $15. Ask for the first album/CD of the artist. It's the best of 3(If the proprietors aren't in, you'll get a recording in Farsi... Read them something from Rumi.)

Enjoy, and have a lovely dinner together.



WISE ENTERPRISE:

David Whyte. The man & his work,- "The Heart Aroused; Poetry and Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America". The words: soul, spirit, & heart are big business, now. They are also showing up in Big Business. I guess that's a good thing, although the inevitable is already happening. The words themselves are becoming a hot commodity, reduced to glib cultural artifacts. Nonetheless - there are people who have played the role of pioneers in this commercial renaissance, and the originality of their work merits an imbibe, like a fine Welsh ale.

I thought David Whyte, Welsh naturalist, turned poet in America was already very well known for being worth the drink. I'm hearing many potential OtherWisers say "who?". We hereby OtherWisely recommend his book (beautifully designed), as well as his other work, to those who have not heard of him or who have any doubts about the quiet thunder of the hearty "new business model."

Heart of Business Conference. Recently, OtherWise member Gregg Roberts helped facilitate a conference in Austin called the "Heart of Business" which featured David Whyte, along with Whole Foods, Starbucks, SouthWest Airlines - and other notables, all of whom conduct business OtherWisely and very successfully. To get a sense of the Good Company at the conference, go to:

http://www.main.org/heart/

Don't stop at their previous front page. Go in. Look for more of these kinds of gatherings around the country.

Your Inner Ape. My inner ape says gold has been awfully low for 15 years, hitting a bottom of $287 some months ago, and hovering around $300, now. We aren't prophets, but we enjoy making profits. Thump Thump. Most portfolios might do well to have a little gold in them. 10%? Maple Leafs, American Eagles? Partly as speculation, partly as hedge, partly 'cause they're real pretty, and the new American $50's on up are so damn ugly. What's your inner ape say?



TRAVEL:

TimeOut. We're a footloose group here, and I especially enjoy open spaces with European roots, trees included. Still, most of us will find ourselves travelling in cities either in transit or for exploration. A great resource for a lot that is OtherWise in character is the English-based "TimeOut" guides, magazines, postings. Our Golden Retriever Fetches page is up! They are there. Go to:

http://www.wisefools.com/grlinks/grfetches.html

Their guide was right on and indispensable in Budapest. I hear the same from others regarding other world destinations they cover.



WISDOM:

Crazy or Otherwise. None. Sagacious, yes?



OTHERWISE BRIEFS:

1. Check out the free TeleGathering, hosted by William Sebrans, Chief Executive Wisefool - "Crazy Wisdom in the Open MarketPlace" Thursday, May 21, 9:00 PM EDT. Lose your memory for the Big weekend.

   http://www.wisefools.com/teleclass/teleclass.html
   
   

2. YOU ARE NOW INVITED to contribute to the OtherWise book "OtherWise: Sagas from a Revolutionary MarketPlace, by Evolutionary People", to be published late 1998/early 1999...

   Win an OtherWise prize... get the description on the website, really:

   http://www.wisefools.com/book/book.html
   
   

3. HAS YOUR TIME COME? Peter Cohen, media director of Studio Fig, the web-magic development team at OtherWise - is now available for personal and corporate web site creation and consultation. It doesn't get any better for innovation, professionalism and warm-hearted menschkeit.

   Get him before he goes to Europe for the month of August.

   http://www.wisefools.com/services

   or just call 530 692-1275 for an informal chat.

http://www.wisefools.com

We are constantly developing resources for you and having fun for ourselves.



Inspired to comment or suggest? Please place your genius here (remember, mercifully brief, - we need our nap time too):

retriever@wisefools.com

By the way, don't take it too personally if we don't respond to you personally... We ARE interested, and you may find your comments and recommendations immortalized in future issues, or even at the OtherWise web site.

Finit.