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.

But with less separation between art and commerce, Montgomery says, “there’s some self-censorship that happens. If you’re a little too knowledgeable about PR, you start to become way too aware of things like posting schedules, and it’s impossible to be punk anymore.”
from Everybody has to self-promote now. Nobody wants to. by Rebecca Jennings
I feel totally overwhelmed by the state of the world, but I think music and creativity, to me, is a way of exploring what's possible. There's always something when I'm making music that I didn't see that comes from nowhere and appears. When you go to create something, you're opening yourself up to possibility. It is a way that I continuously touch ... See more
from Maggie Rogers Thinks Joy Can Be a Form of Rebellion by Mélissa Godin
the transformative power of music
Cowie posits fantasy as a “mise-en-scene of desire”: a setting forth of an elaborate scene of drawn-out pleasure, of almosts and near-misses, of denial and the controlling of masculine and feminine subject positions. In Cowe’s words, “fantasy depends not on particular objects, but on their setting out; and the pleasure of fantasy lies in the settin... See more
from You Only Like the Beginning of Things
Chouinard and his business partner, Tom Frost, made what would become a legendary decision to shift away from pitons. It foreshadowed many other decisions Chouinard would make over the next fifty years, each with a similar pattern: Come to grips with damage you’re doing, set bright lines about how you’ll shift your business to reduce that damage, t... See more
from How Patagonia Became The Most Reputable Brand In The United States by Doug Sundheim
good leadership
“ There’s also this other thing (above right) which is functional: My favorite candleholder ever. It’s beautiful, and no one else can ever buy it, because it was made by an old Italian man in Cetara on the Amalfi coast . I want so many things in my life to look like this, and nothing does.”
from Everyone's disrupting and it's exhausting by Blackbird Spyplane
on curating things with soul
In Greek, charisma translates as a “gift.” Rather than keep that gift to exploit for themselves, some charismatic people disperse it. They hand it out at social events, such as the holiday parties at this time of year, and use it to guide the energy of a shared occasion. I call these people vibe popes. Consider it a nondenominational title for thos... See more
from The Type of Charisma That Saves a Holiday Party by Adrienne Matei
descriptions of people and qualities i admire
The purpose of education is to develop agency within a child. Purposeful work and achieving mastery are tools to getting there. They aren’t the results of learning and imagination, it’s the other way around—learning is simply the consequence of doing. To understand this is to understand the ecology that fosters genius and talent.
from School Is Not Enough by Simon Sarris
loving the process
It is actually an extraordinarily powerful skill to ask the “stupid” questions that
everyone else is afraid to ask. Stupid questions have the ability to create clarity in places where people didn’t even know there was confusion.
from “Black Hole Words” and the power of asking stupid questions by Molly Graham
I have been thinking a lot about the continued and increasing lack of importance being placed on the idea of conversation , things over the past few years can feel so transactional. Thing is, like everyone, I love the one-way form of conversation that exists via the abundance (and abundance of forms) of content that is out there that drives me to c... See more
from Chris Kaskie, Varyer by Thought Enthusiast

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

from Maggie Rogers Thinks Joy Can Be a Form of Rebellion by Mélissa Godin

from You Only Like the Beginning of Things

from How Patagonia Became The Most Reputable Brand In The United States by Doug Sundheim

from Everyone's disrupting and it's exhausting by Blackbird Spyplane

from The Type of Charisma That Saves a Holiday Party by Adrienne Matei

from School Is Not Enough by Simon Sarris

from “Black Hole Words” and the power of asking stupid questions by Molly Graham

from Chris Kaskie, Varyer by Thought Enthusiast