Natalie Audelo

@natalieaudelo

designing social architecture and community experiences that build trust, generate creativity, and encourage authentic human connection. exploring the healing power of play, movement, music and other integrative practices.

I believe that new ideas are born from demand. They are born from the courage and patience required to sit in the uncomfortable void of Not This while humbly waiting for an answer.
from You and I are Earth by Anna Fusco
what if we defined our life purpose as a way of being?
loving the process and good questions
Very few people really have their own opinion. Very often, their opinion is just the opinion of someone else. Perfectly prepared, warmed up and served medium well.
I'm not above this, and I'd argue not many people are. All our opinions are shaped by other peoples' opinion. It's how this all works. The question is just, how many opinions do I require
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loving the process
Articles
brenebrown.com
Transitions, down moments, and rest have never been my strengths. I think if I had been more forgiving and attentive to what’s quietest, I might have been less reckless with myself and others when I was young.
from Rachel DeWoskin Tells Us
Poet and art critic Charles Baudelaire explains how great ideas arise:

"Inspiration is merely the reward for working every day."

Source: Curiosites Esthetiques (1868)
from 3-2-1: On creating the conditions for joy, how to go to hell, and the simple way to clarify your thinking
loving the process
The things we think will make us feel happier – acing exams, securing a dream job, buying that dress – usually don’t, but small habits can make a big difference. One of them is talking to strangers.
from The big idea: why we should spend more time talking to strangers by Sophie McBain
loving the process
In French, “cultiver son jardin intérieur” means to tend to your internal garden—to take care of your mind. The garden metaphor is particularly apt: taking care of your mind involves cultivating your curiosity (the seeds), growing your knowledge (the trees), and producing new thoughts (the fruits).
from You and Your Mind Garden by Anne-Laure Le Cunff
The Passion Job Burnout Machine is different than the burnout machines of, say, Big Law, or investment banking. With those jobs, you know who’s burning you out and why. It’s a very transparent trial by fire: a means to see if you can hack it with a very time-greedy job (that rewards you with very high pay). Passion jobs let you do the dirty work yo... See more
from When Your Profession is On Fire
Burnout
That labor amounts to constant self-promotion in the form of cheap trend-following, ever-changing posting strategies, and the nagging feeling that what you are really doing with your time is marketing, not art. Under the tyranny of algorithmic media distribution, artists, authors — anyone whose work concerns itself with what it means to be human — ... See more
from Everybody has to self-promote now. Nobody wants to. by Rebecca Jennings

from You and I are Earth by Anna Fusco

Articles

from Rachel DeWoskin Tells Us

from 3-2-1: On creating the conditions for joy, how to go to hell, and the simple way to clarify your thinking

from The big idea: why we should spend more time talking to strangers by Sophie McBain

from You and Your Mind Garden by Anne-Laure Le Cunff

from When Your Profession is On Fire

from Everybody has to self-promote now. Nobody wants to. by Rebecca Jennings