Natalie Audelo
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Natalie Audelo
Inspiration is not the exclusive privilege of poets or artists generally. There is, has been, and will always be a certain group of people whom inspiration visits. It’s made up of all those who’ve consciously chosen their calling and do their job with love and imagination. It may include doctors, teachers, gardeners – and I could list a hundred mo
... See moreWislawa Szymborska • The Nobel Prize in Literature 1996
There’s also something to be said about collating and curating in the slow writing process—facts, knowledge, smells, descriptions, stories, passport stamps, headlines—until the collection becomes part of the transformation process. Through acute and critical attention, away from the drive of production, toward the singularity of studying a branch, ... See more
Melissa Matthewson • A Revolution in Creativity: On Slow Writing
"You won't always get what you strive for, but you will definitely get what you settle for. You won't magically outperform your standards."
3-2-1: The power of imperfection, the secret to a good morning, and more
Many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
– William Fitzjames Oldham
– William Fitzjames Oldham
333 / Knowingness: a modern disease
"Big wins tend to be accompanied by some combination of bigger decisions, more uncertainty, and greater risk.
If you want to play at a higher level, you need to be comfortable with greater swings of highs and lows: mentally, emotionally, financially.
You can avoid the swings, but you might be forced to play at a lower level."
If you want to play at a higher level, you need to be comfortable with greater swings of highs and lows: mentally, emotionally, financially.
You can avoid the swings, but you might be forced to play at a lower level."
3-2-1: Two rules for life, the power of reputation, and the peace of wild things
Human anxiety comes from unpredictable environments and fear of anticipated pain.
The lesson I learned from this is that it’s easier to hold to your principles 100% of the time than it is to hold to them 98% of the time. If you give in to “just this once,” based on a marginal cost analysis, as some of my former classmates have done, you’ll regret where you end up. You’ve got to define for yourself what you stand for and draw th
... See moreClay Christensen • How Will You Measure Your Life?
I guess if we’re talking about joy, writing, and being a fully rendered person in the world, my main sources of liveliness are so human and obvious they might seem facile: 1) loving the people I love with full throttle abandon – my guy, our kids, my mom and dad, our gaggle of brothers, my army of girlfriends. So that’s advice, maybe: make as many g... See more