natalia
@natdelpilar.bsky.social
Puerto Rican & Colombian journalist, poet, and digital storyteller. Avid collector of myths and oddities. Big fan of the moon. ✨🌙 ✨ she/her
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Where Have All The Crossroads Gone?
Humans used to find magic and power in the "in-between" —places that were neither here, nor there. Are we losing tolerance for the liminal?
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NEW POST! ✨ Does anyone else also feel like the modern world leaves little room to embrace liminal spaces?
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#mythology #theiridescence #folklore #writer #writing #substack #liminal #transformation #community #crossroads #witchy #magic #culture #death #autumn #fall
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#mythology #theiridescence #folklore #writer #writing #substack #liminal #transformation #community #crossroads #witchy #magic #culture #death #autumn #fall
New post ✨✨✨ just some quick lil updates on life
A Message In A Bottle Mid-Media Deprivation
*Thomas Jefferson/Daveed Diggs voice* What'd I miss?
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November 19, 2025 at 4:07 AM
New post ✨✨✨ just some quick lil updates on life
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An Ode To Cross-Stitchery
Some history and advice on cross-stitching from one crafty noob to another.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Do you work with needles and thread? Interested in trying out a cozy new hobby as the weather gets chillier? Wanna make handmade gifts? Read my latest post, “Ode to Cross-Stitchery!”
#crossstitch #crafts #crafting #diy #sewing #stitching #history #art #creativity #cozy #holiday #gifts #holidays
#crossstitch #crafts #crafting #diy #sewing #stitching #history #art #creativity #cozy #holiday #gifts #holidays
An Ode To Cross-Stitchery
Some history and advice on cross-stitching from one crafty noob to another.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Do you work with needles and thread? Interested in trying out a cozy new hobby as the weather gets chillier? Wanna make handmade gifts? Read my latest post, “Ode to Cross-Stitchery!”
#crossstitch #crafts #crafting #diy #sewing #stitching #history #art #creativity #cozy #holiday #gifts #holidays
#crossstitch #crafts #crafting #diy #sewing #stitching #history #art #creativity #cozy #holiday #gifts #holidays
So excited to share that four of my poems were published in the Mid-Atlantic Review today!
1. Marigolds 🌼
2. Ode To An American Quilt ❣️
3. Maria ⚪️
4. Curled Up 🐚
Read them here: midatlanticreview.com/2025/11/four...
#writing #poems #poetry #writer #art #dc #md #va
1. Marigolds 🌼
2. Ode To An American Quilt ❣️
3. Maria ⚪️
4. Curled Up 🐚
Read them here: midatlanticreview.com/2025/11/four...
#writing #poems #poetry #writer #art #dc #md #va
Four Poems By Natalia del Pilar | Mid-Atlantic Review
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November 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
How many ghost cats do you think sit on you per day? Like, on average
November 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
How many ghost cats do you think sit on you per day? Like, on average
NEW POST! ✨ Does anyone else also feel like the modern world leaves little room to embrace liminal spaces?
open.substack.com/pub/theiride...
#mythology #theiridescence #folklore #writer #writing #substack #liminal #transformation #community #crossroads #witchy #magic #culture #death #autumn #fall
open.substack.com/pub/theiride...
#mythology #theiridescence #folklore #writer #writing #substack #liminal #transformation #community #crossroads #witchy #magic #culture #death #autumn #fall
Where Have All The Crossroads Gone?
Humans used to find magic and power in the "in-between" —places that were neither here, nor there. Are we losing tolerance for the liminal?
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
NEW POST! ✨ Does anyone else also feel like the modern world leaves little room to embrace liminal spaces?
open.substack.com/pub/theiride...
#mythology #theiridescence #folklore #writer #writing #substack #liminal #transformation #community #crossroads #witchy #magic #culture #death #autumn #fall
open.substack.com/pub/theiride...
#mythology #theiridescence #folklore #writer #writing #substack #liminal #transformation #community #crossroads #witchy #magic #culture #death #autumn #fall
I love this picture of Robert Johnson, the legendary guitarist. You can see his love for his craft. Makes me rethink the whole “suffering for art” trope. Folktales say he traded his soul to the Devil to be better at guitar, but what if guitar was the thing that kept his soul in tact? ✨ #creativity
October 31, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I love this picture of Robert Johnson, the legendary guitarist. You can see his love for his craft. Makes me rethink the whole “suffering for art” trope. Folktales say he traded his soul to the Devil to be better at guitar, but what if guitar was the thing that kept his soul in tact? ✨ #creativity
NEW POST!!! In which I list out the Top 10 things I’ve been obsessed with this October! 🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇 (it’s friggin bats. I love Halloween.)
#hollowknight #creativity #crossstitching #boardgames #art #tudor #substack #newsletter #ADHD #horror #halloween #spooky
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#hollowknight #creativity #crossstitching #boardgames #art #tudor #substack #newsletter #ADHD #horror #halloween #spooky
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(Spooky) Hyperfixation Roundup: Hollow Knight, Cross-Stitching, & Ghosts
Top 10 things I've been obsessed with this October, from cozy video games and hobbies to my new (NOT AI GENERATED!!!) shower curtain.
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October 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
NEW POST!!! In which I list out the Top 10 things I’ve been obsessed with this October! 🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇 (it’s friggin bats. I love Halloween.)
#hollowknight #creativity #crossstitching #boardgames #art #tudor #substack #newsletter #ADHD #horror #halloween #spooky
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#hollowknight #creativity #crossstitching #boardgames #art #tudor #substack #newsletter #ADHD #horror #halloween #spooky
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Big updates over at The Iridescence!!! 🔮🌊 If you’re witchy, value creative community, and want a weekly dash of magic in your inbox, come on over and see what’s brewing! open.substack.com/pub/theiride... #writing #writers #substack #witchy #creative #community #art
October 28, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Big updates over at The Iridescence!!! 🔮🌊 If you’re witchy, value creative community, and want a weekly dash of magic in your inbox, come on over and see what’s brewing! open.substack.com/pub/theiride... #writing #writers #substack #witchy #creative #community #art
I wrote about “AI actress” Tilly Norwood. It is not a “her.” It is an “it.” Stop humanizing robots!!! #tillynorwood #ai
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"tilly norwood" must die
So, I just learned about Tilly Norwood today, and I’m horrified.
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October 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I wrote about “AI actress” Tilly Norwood. It is not a “her.” It is an “it.” Stop humanizing robots!!! #tillynorwood #ai
Read more here: open.substack.com/pub/theiride...
Read more here: open.substack.com/pub/theiride...
Worried you’ll miss a cultural reference at Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show? HAVE NO FEAR. I broke it all down for you in this new Substack essaY about his song, BAILE INoLVIDABLE: open.substack.com/pub/theiride...
#badbunny #Super #Bowl #halftime #puertorico #boricua #salsa #reggaeton #music
#badbunny #Super #Bowl #halftime #puertorico #boricua #salsa #reggaeton #music
In Which I Break Down My Favorite Bad Bunny Song In Excruciating Detail
BAILE INoLVIDABLE is more than just a bop. It’s a portrait of the Puerto Rican diaspora — shared memory, nostalgia, cultural remembrance, and loss — all told through the metaphor of one last dance.
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October 1, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Worried you’ll miss a cultural reference at Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show? HAVE NO FEAR. I broke it all down for you in this new Substack essaY about his song, BAILE INoLVIDABLE: open.substack.com/pub/theiride...
#badbunny #Super #Bowl #halftime #puertorico #boricua #salsa #reggaeton #music
#badbunny #Super #Bowl #halftime #puertorico #boricua #salsa #reggaeton #music
So fuckin excited about hades 2 yall
September 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM
So fuckin excited about hades 2 yall
I know you’re not supposed to share your morning pages 🙈 but oh well, check out mine! 💕✨ #artistsway
September 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I know you’re not supposed to share your morning pages 🙈 but oh well, check out mine! 💕✨ #artistsway
Reposted by natalia
gotta be honest i think the chronological timeline stinks - really freaking hard for any art to get traction so artists just have to constantly repost which stinks and is annoying!!!!
September 22, 2025 at 3:20 AM
gotta be honest i think the chronological timeline stinks - really freaking hard for any art to get traction so artists just have to constantly repost which stinks and is annoying!!!!
My fiancé peer pressured me into performing at my local poetry open mic today. I got back at him by going up there and reading a piece I wrote about him from our early dating years. Eye for an eye mfer
September 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
My fiancé peer pressured me into performing at my local poetry open mic today. I got back at him by going up there and reading a piece I wrote about him from our early dating years. Eye for an eye mfer
Hi hello I wrote a new post for my newsletter about my boy Leonardo and his adhd. Check it out here: open.substack.com/pub/theiride... #art #adhd #creativity #renaissance #history #davinci #essay
“Tell Me If Anything Was Ever Done”: On Leonardo da Vinci’s special interests, procrastination problems, and other ways he was just like us
I, too, am a funny hot mega-ADHD queer disappointment to my father. Also, bad at math.
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September 19, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Hi hello I wrote a new post for my newsletter about my boy Leonardo and his adhd. Check it out here: open.substack.com/pub/theiride... #art #adhd #creativity #renaissance #history #davinci #essay