Natalie Audelo
@natalieaudelo
yes person for all things community, connection, & storytelling. civic optimist based in SF
Natalie Audelo
That means the most effective reformers throughout history have rarely positioned themselves as revolutionaries tearing things down – they’ve framed change as the system finally living up to its own stated ideals.
None of this makes the difficulty of change go away – but it does reframe the work: less about having the right arguments, more about... See more
None of this makes the difficulty of change go away – but it does reframe the work: less about having the right arguments, more about... See more
383 / Why we defend what’s failing us
“What’s the point of having fuck you money if you never say ‘fuck you’?”
Judith Dada • Raising Unfuckwithable Kids in the Age of AI
The rainbow can never truly be unwoven, because a rainbow is itself the universe unwoven: threads of color spun from our stellar source of life, unspooled by an invisible loom. How lucky are we to have physics to understand how it works, and poetry to capture how it feels? Science is not an adversary of magic any more than language is of life: an... See more
Reweaving the Rainbow: Science, Poetry, and the Magic of Nature | Atmos
When your familiar identity structures fall away, panic can arise. Instead of frantically trying to solve, focus. Listen. Observe. From stabilized awareness, the next true movement becomes visible.
To truly see, you must understand the physical and non physical ground you are standing on. Consciousness has become a... See more
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Writer Hanif Abdurraqib has said: “Find a living, breathing lineage to make yourself responsible to.” I love this encouragement to locate ourselves within an artistic, spiritual or cultural tradition and build loving, accountable connections with our compatriots.
373 / Offloading risk, distributing fear
An expectation spotlights your desires .
A standard underlines your values .
Let me show you what I mean.
If you expect a clutter-free home,
you’ll cringe every time something is out of place.
But if your standard is to remove what doesn’t add value,
your home will grow calmer over time.
If you expect six-pack abs,
every workout will feel like a failure.
Bu... See more
A standard underlines your values .
Let me show you what I mean.
If you expect a clutter-free home,
you’ll cringe every time something is out of place.
But if your standard is to remove what doesn’t add value,
your home will grow calmer over time.
If you expect six-pack abs,
every workout will feel like a failure.
Bu... See more