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.

Let go of self-delusion, which is maybe the hardest thing of all to let go of. Shape the thing you’re making into a pure expression of the thing you’re making: “Cut away, strip away the unnecessary, and strip away what people expect.”
from Martin Scorsese: “I have to find out who the hell I am” by Zach Baron
loving the process and
“ 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
Explain that stuff! Science and technology made simple
explainthatstuff.com
links i'm loving
It was not fun to walk around with my ghosts, despite what my positive memories wanted me to believe. I think this is because inherent in “revisiting” is the palpable reality that everything ends, the reminder that soon the way you are experiencing your present moment will be the past; it too will end.
from Somebody That I Used To Know by Anna Fusco
In practice, consistency is about being adaptable. Don't have much time? Scale it down. Don't have much energy? Do the easy version. Find different ways to show up depending on the circumstances. Let your habits change shape to meet the demands of the day.

Adaptability is the way of consistency.
from 3-2-1: How to be consistent, the value of beauty, and designing for relaxation
good advice
People exist on a spectrum between fast-twitch and slow-twitch thinking.

Fast-twitch people speak fast, work fast, and crave novelty. Socially, they're quick and witty. Throw a problem their way and they'll come up with 3–5 solutions in a matter of minutes. They're the people you want in the room when you're brainstorming an idea.

Slow-twitch people ... See more
building great teams
About half of my friends kind of hate their jobs, so they're moderately unhappy most of the time, but never unhappy enough to leave. This is the mediocrity trap : situations that are bad-but-not-too-bad keep you forever in their orbit because they never inspire the frustration it takes to achieve escape velocity.

The mediocrity trap is a nasty way t... See more
from So You Wanna De-Bog Yourself by Adam Mastroianni
the mediocrity trap
If you look at the trees and the mountains through windows that are wet from the rain of a storm, everything looks blurred and misshapen. Recognize your filters. Everything becomes beautiful when you change.
The monotony of life contains a reservoir of ways to find relief, if we can only muster the courage and energy to dive in instead of opting out. If today you find yourself bored with your work—perhaps surfing around and reading some random essay on happiness—you may have just gotten a signal from the universe that it’s time for your spirit to evolv... See more
from Kierkegaard’s Three Ways to Live More Fully by Arthur C. Brooks
loving the process
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
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from The Nobel Prize in Literature 1996 by Wislawa Szymborska
loving the process and

from Martin Scorsese: “I have to find out who the hell I am” by Zach Baron

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

Explain that stuff! Science and technology made simple

from Somebody That I Used To Know by Anna Fusco

from 3-2-1: How to be consistent, the value of beauty, and designing for relaxation

from So You Wanna De-Bog Yourself by Adam Mastroianni

from Kierkegaard’s Three Ways to Live More Fully by Arthur C. Brooks

from The Nobel Prize in Literature 1996 by Wislawa Szymborska