Natalie Audelo
@natalieaudelo
yes person for all things community, connection, & storytelling
Natalie Audelo
I love people like this
— bakwaaas // tumblr
instagram.comI threw a housewarming party after living here for one month and had dozens of people sipping wine out of every drinking vessel I owned, blessing my home with warmth and chatter that spilled out into the streets.
Izabella Zucker • Call me a homebody.
I find that my new idea of a “cool girl” doesn’t exude that icy, unattainable coolness anymore, but rather an accessible warmth. They don’t resist the inevitability of aging, they are highly self-aware, honest, kind. They know life is short and they can laugh at the absurdity of it all!
Totally Recommend • Death of the Cool Girl
The cost of convenience is vitality. You can have a lot of things done for you in the modern world — and many of them are great time savers! — but the feeling of being alive comes from being fully engaged in the right task, not free from all tasks.
Sure, you can automate and delegate all sorts of things, but the more interesting question is, "What ... See more
Sure, you can automate and delegate all sorts of things, but the more interesting question is, "What ... See more
3-2-1: On thinking like a scientist, how to stand out from the crowd, and what wisdom looks like
When have I felt most joyful this year and what steps can I take to recreate those conditions?
3-2-1: On creating the conditions for joy, how to go to hell, and the simple way to clarify your thinking
I’m fascinated by the way that the cheerleaders themselves have narrativized this sort of self-objectification: in all the talk about locking eyes with a spectator and giving them that special moment , in the focus on the happiness you provide just by existing , in the focus on sanding down just enough individuality (even height differentiation) to... See more
Culture Study Meets 'America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders'
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.
Ted Hughes:
“And that’s how we measure out our real respect for people—by the degree of feeling they can register, the voltage of life they can carry and tolerate—and enjoy. End of sermon. As Buddha says: live like a might river. And as the old Greeks said: live as though all your ancestors were living again through you.”