Clay Butler Interview - A Terrible Plan for a Wonderful Career

Clay Butler talks with Ryan Holmes on his Untold Santa Cruz Podcast.
Clay Butler is a working profession designer specializing in branding and package design with a deep background in illustration, editorial and political cartooning, photography, music and television production.
Topics include: The creative process, cartooning, illustration, deliberate practice, being a working professional artist, landscape photography, living without fear, breaking barriers that hold yourself back, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, flow state, ethics and morals, social media, surfing, LCHF and keto, and living with purpose.
Links to projects discussed in podcast
www.sidewalkbub...
www.claytowne.c...
• Ultimate Inking and Co...
www.straightdop...
/ twilight.ninja
www.abnormalgro...
Show Notes:
1:15 learning on the edge of the comfort zone.
1:45 Stability v. comfort.
5:40 The goal v. the process, How do we define success?
6:45 Ethics of ownership of art, and the Infinite Game and abundance mentality.
9:30 Non-attachment and creative work.
12:45 Radical acceptance of one’s. own role in social situations.
14:00 The power of deliberate practice.
15:30 Pre fidget spinner coping mechanism for social anxiety.
16:30 Having a thick skin and the flow state.
19:45 The curiosity-driven mind and problem-solving in art.
20:00 The diminishing marginal returns in talent acquisition.
22:00 Discomfort of mistakes drives the work to get better.
22:30 The skill of perseverance.
22:40 The gift of teaching.
25:45 Varied ways of trusting fuels political preferences. Abundance mentality v. scarcity. Infinite game v. finite game.
26:30 Transmutation of suffering and success.
27:45 Adobe Illustrator tutorial and the joy of contributing to others. • Ultimate Inking and Co...
34:00 Creativity has been hijacked by artists. Life is an act of creativity.
37:00 Flow state as a sort of therapy.
34:30 The magic and importance of a glorious morning start.
43:00 The gift of no fear and commitment.
46:15 The gift of “Yes, and.”
47:45 The freedom of repetition. Routine provides the freedom to be in chaos.
51:00 What if….it doesn’t work. What if it DOES?!
53:30 Real risk v. fear
56:30 Secrets lose their power in light
58:00 Technology is stunting growth
59:30 Authentic experiences never go out of style
60:00 Engineer addiction
63:00 Filter bubbles
64:00 People sharing his work v. likes on a page
66:00 The courage to be disliked