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.

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
from A Revolution in Creativity: On Slow Writing
loving the process
I think that one of the things, again, my son has been such a blessing to me over the past couple of years because I think that is an example of I almost missed him. I was so focused on solving him and preparing the path for him with his ADHD and his challenges there that I was exerting my efficacy on his life, and I almost didn’t know him. And he’... See more
from We Can Do Hard Things Ep 238
Life and
My sense is that what’s at stake here is really rethinking the human as a site of interdependency. And I think, you know, when you walk into the coffee shop ... and you ask for the coffee, or you, indeed, even ask for assistance with the coffee, you’re basically posing the question, do we or do we not live in a world in which we assist each other? ... See more
from The Myth of Self-Reliance - The Paris Review by Jenny Odell
building a new world
Making ceramics requires patience and is an exercise in delayed gratification (or dissatisfaction). There are so many ways to fuck something up, so many stages to the process, and entering that cycle of hope, expectation, and either failure and trying again or ecstatic satisfaction added a new dimension to the rhythms of my life.
from When a hobby becomes a job by Marian Bull
loving the process
Joy is a form of rebellion in a system that profits from fear
Only that nothing works out the way you plan, which is a blessing every hour. Life always takes a different form, if only because life will always be more imaginative — deeper, wiser, more surprising — than you are.
from LETTERS FROM LOVE — With Special Guest Pico Iyer!
loving the process
Optimize for legacy, not empire. Empires die because they’re alone, legacies live because they involve others.
-OH, on building teams and brand communities
redefining success and building a new world
A well spent life — Lordcowboy's Poster Shop
lordcowboy.com
What you want is never a thing.
from What you want is never a thing by David Cain
what do i want?

from A Revolution in Creativity: On Slow Writing

from We Can Do Hard Things Ep 238

from The Myth of Self-Reliance - The Paris Review by Jenny Odell

from When a hobby becomes a job by Marian Bull

from LETTERS FROM LOVE — With Special Guest Pico Iyer!

A well spent life — Lordcowboy's Poster Shop

from What you want is never a thing by David Cain