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.

Infrastructure might be built by hands but culture is built by tongues. The person who changes the cultural conversation is someone who is able to identify truth and describe it so others can not only understand but participate in the story as a conscious being themselves.
how language shapes culture
Writer and activist James Baldwin on what love looks like:

"The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love — whether we call it friendship or family or romance — is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other's light."
from 3-2-1: On saving money, controlling your anger, and what love looks like
Love
Many people who are talented in their various fields have access to insight they can’t share with others. They simply see something we can’t. They try to describe it—picture any Paris Review interview—and often hearing them talk about their process is interesting and informative. But they’re unable to describe the core thing—what gives them the sto... See more
from inarticulable knowledge by Ava
A brilliant 2015 essay by the economist Steven Horwitz argued that free play prepares children for the “art of association” that Alexis de Tocqueville said was the key to the vibrancy of American democracy; he also argued that its loss posed “a serious threat to liberal societies.” A generation prevented from learning these social skills, Horwitz w... See more
from Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid by The Atlantic
building a new world
on the importance of play
Procrastination is a byproduct of emotional clutter.

from Declutter Your Emotions

in my (not so fun) feels

“What do you mean by XX?” This phrase is exceptional, simple, and under-used in my opinion.

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

good questions

What might shift if we treated marketing as a creative practice itself? If we practiced promotion as an invitation into rather than a pushing onto ?

from Baila turns one, part 2.

reframes i love

But it’s standard in the way that — the way that I get to work with artists is like we’re friends hanging out and talking about whatever comes up. And through that, things get unlocked that allow writing and performances to be more closer to the core. And that’s the goal with all of this.

from Rick Rubin — Magic, Everyday Mystery, and Getting Creative by On Being

And if I know one thing it’s that if you’re experiencing a genuinely moving moment, if you’re really in it, the absolute last thing you want or think about doing is taking out your phone, cutting through it and cheapening it. The best love is quiet. The best confidence is quiet. And so are the lives with the most meaning.

from 3-2-1: On saving money, controlling your anger, and what love looks like

from inarticulable knowledge by Ava

from Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid by The Atlantic

from Declutter Your Emotions

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

from Baila turns one, part 2.

from Rick Rubin — Magic, Everyday Mystery, and Getting Creative by On Being

from You Don't Need To Document Everything by Freya India