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| Mercifully brief. Admirably useful. | July 30, 1998Issue Number 6 |
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IN THIS ISSUE
WiseMembers who have sampled the fetches here from the GR are making joyful HOWLS on our noseworthy tips. They say: You dogs are spot on, spot hot. We say: HOLD on to or PRINT these issues.
When you're ready for that travel adventure, business
move, gift of music, techno-quandry, or evening in front of the squak
machine - you'll be glad your Golden Retriever is on your lap.
WISE ENTERPRISE:
"Why be stingy"? Many people struggle with promoting their work. This struggle occurs at a deeper level than simply being inexperienced in the techniques and art of marketing. At a values level, they feel that somehow promotion or selling is "not cool." It may be offensive, not dignified, not spiritual or some other non-sense. I have heard some New Age recipe that if you can totally "be" then it will come to you. Perhaps. I've seen it. Perhaps not. I've seen it. Who knows what "constant comment" the stars exert upon our terrestial undertakings? Traditionally, some of the most profoundly spiritual adepts, like the Sufi traders, have been very savvy businesspeople who, in a relaxed, but compelling manner, encouraged you to buy for both their and your benefit. Then again, they knew something about timing. One way I heard it being said in a coaching session was like so: "Why be stingy?" If you've something good to offer, why would you deny others the opportunity of getting to know it better, by witholding? As caveat: A sense of timing and a little detachment goes a long way.
If you don't have something you feel is worthwhile to offer, then either
it's worth withdrawing it from the marketplace altogether, or... shelving
the attitudes that inappropriately diminish its worth, by talking
yourself out of talking it up a little.
CULTURE:
Cirque de Soleil. (Circus of the Sun) from Montreal. If you know about them, then skip the hyperbole and go to the bottom paragraphs. If you don't, well - the irksome news is that after nearly 10 years of success, tickets to see the "Circus Re-Invented" with its majestic acrobatics, otherworldy themes, avante-garde music, and outrageously beautiful costumery - are not easy to get anymore. The good news is that their accesible videos are chocololate for creativity junkies and medicine for creativity constipation. Put on a video, and watch your state elevate in nanoseconds. We recommend all of their videos, from their first recorded show: "Le Cirque Re-Invente" through "Saltibanco" to "A Baroque Odyssey": the documentary of the 10-year behind-the scenes-evolution of these merchants of magic. Great gifts. Order from their catalogue: 1 800 - 678-5440, US 1 800 - 361-4595, Can.
P.S. WiseMember Kirk Olson, Director of Administration at Iconoculture,
the iconoclastic trend consultancy recommends
keeping an eye out for "Theatre de La Jeune Lune", based in Minneapolis.
An American-French troupe with a "Cirque" kind of flair.
US-European arts ventures are often a best of both worlds "afflair".
TECHNOLOGY:
If you don't like "email puree", especially lots of it, one solution is to consider at the least a package like Microsoft's "Outlook Express" for MAC or PC that sorts it out automatically. It enables you to create folders and multiple "rules" that shunt email automatically into various folders that you have designated with your meaning. You are also able to have multiple accounts with different names that increase your options for tidying up the scourge of electronic litter. Also you can set up multiple e-mail lists you may have for different purposes, that can be dragged and dropped. It's not difficult to use, even for technophobics. Many ISP's will send you a CD of the Express version for $5. It's available from Microsoft as a free download at
The full Outlook package costs a nominal amount and is a full contact
manager/database and more. .
In general, "Light" or Lite" versions of email packages, like Eudora, may
cost less money initally, but fuller packages offer more and SAVE TIME.
TRAVEL:
Eastern Europe. Americans are a decent lot, but sometimes they are a little dense. I'm one, and I therefore know this from direct experience . It's worth a trip to Eastern Europe to see how joyfully well-educated, industrious, savvy people who are living on shoestrings make do with little. An old tape-recorder, a worn 3rd version copy of Coltraine, Handel, or shepherd songs, some plum brandy and a neighbor's drop-in visit at 11 P.M. to a cramped apartment can be filled with a spirit far richer than a Boulder, Colorado workshop aimed at bonding with the sacred otherness of the bloke sitting next to you. In Romania, they'd be very curious why we need to do such things. Also, it's worth noting on the other hand the perverse shadow effect of years of repression which shows up regularly in these countries. Greed, suspicion, imitation... In spite of all, look for some of the dignity and warmth of the Old World in these places: in the architecture, in the spirit. Eastern Europe "lite" includes, for example: Slovenia, Czech Republic, Lithuania , Hungary. Higher calorie, more intense versions are Romania (the Carpathian mountains of Dracula fame, by the way - are lyric and enchanting - not forboding), Russia, Ukraine. Get good advice before going. ****************************************** Cafe life from Generation 19th Century to Generation X. If you wind up in Prague, or just like the feel of any unique cafe that pre-dates Starbucks and you've an OtherWise spirit (eclectic, artful, experimental, sacred, profane), -then this tidy speciality guide is a gem for you, whether you go or not. "Cafes in Prague" - "the 50 most interesting Cafe's in Prague". By Oliver Heinl/Nicole Leopold, published by Verlag Oliver Heinl in Germany under the label "Art of Slide" in Nurnberg
Address: Solgerstrasse 17/RG
FAX: From US: 011 49-911/270515
WISDOM: CRAZY OR OTHERWISE
A hand clap. (Edited down to one sentence from a Sufi story by Idries Shah.)
...To the bird who shot through the narrow bars of his prison cage,
the strident hand clap that sent him on his way must have seemed
something of an unpleasant shock, yes?
OTHERWISE BRIEFS:
Keep visiting the OtherWise site, your MarketPlace and your sanctuary for Vital Business, Artful Living & Other NobleStuff.
We are constantly developing resources for you and having fun
roaming and rambling through the bushes in search of good berries.
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