Natalie Audelo
@natalieaudelo
yes person for all things community, connection, & storytelling
Natalie Audelo
I can chart the exact moments of inflection where I was being pushed to rise to a new level of worth and, instead, took what was on offer. Said yes when it didn’t feel right. Gave something valuable away because I didn’t even know it was valuable. Took whatever was offered to me instead of saying no, and demanding options. Being so impatient to... See more
Demanding more
It’s helpful to think in terms of: it’s only play. We’re here to play. We’re here to have fun. And to use the feedback of, you know, sometimes failure is the thing you need to know to get to where you’re going. So if you try to solve a problem 10 ways and they all fail, you can either decide I’m a failure or you can decide, okay, I’m now 10
... See moreOn Being • Rick Rubin — Magic, Everyday Mystery, and Getting Creative
The words “text” and “textile” share their root in the Latin texere—to weave. Thinking writing through weaving opens an entire world of more-than-metaphorical register: ideas forming threads, arguments as seams, stitching, unraveling, tangled—and texture emerging through loose ends and tight knots.
Melis Ugurlusubstack.comMany people have long wondered why the Grateful Dead succeeded in creating a world of Deadheads. It turns out that’s because the people who allocated tickets understood familiar strangers. If you bought a ticket for a Grateful Dead show in Miami, they kept a record of who you were seated near. Then, if you bought a ticket for the Nashville show,... See more
danah boyd • Knitting a Healthy Social Fabric.
A hopeful future demands of us nothing less than our complete presence in the world – not as followers or consumers, but as participants. We have to learn again how to connect in ways that anchor us, ways that build the world we want to inhabit. This is where hope and possibility live.
314 / We need presence, not punditry
“Carved out my lane and chilled.”
Mark Sabino • Camus and Curren$y: Why I Preach Indie
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.
On Being • Rick Rubin — Magic, Everyday Mystery, and Getting Creative
