The Analog Life: Production, Labor, Leisure | Matt Barnes (EP19)
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Diane Boden
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🗓️ 1 April 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
This podcast is part of the Clear Intentions series of the show.
Today, I’m joined by Matt Barnes, a lifelong artist and creative entrepreneur, to explore the power of leisure and the beauty of analog experiences. As the founder of The Leisure Club, a thoughtfully designed social clubhouse in Columbus, Matt has created a space where people can gather, connect and be more present. In this episode, we dive into the inspiration behind this unique gathering place, the role of intentional design in shaping human interactions, and why prioritizing rest isn’t just a luxury—it’s essential.
Become a member of the Leisure Club in Columbus, Ohio.
Links Discussed in This Episode |
- Garage Beer
- The Dadass Podcast
- Hans Lori (Differentiated Design)
- The War Kitchen
- Connect with Matt:
- The Leisure Club
- Shop Leisure Club
- Leisure Club Instagram
- Matt's Website
- Matt's Art Instagram
About Matt|
"At my root, I am a visual artist. I create things with my eyes and hands for others to see and experience. For over two decades, alongside a vibrant creative career, I have quietly dedicated myself to an expansive body of work, exploring a wide range of mediums including drawing, photography, collage, assemblage, poetry, and painting.
Raised in the Midwest, my work both carries the imprints of my upbringing and an observational response to American culture. With a knowledge of historical art figures and philosophies my work, expressed through various mediums, is a unique reflection of the criteria I have intentionally consumed and unintentionally absorbed."
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | My underlying driver for Leisure Club is bringing people together, unity, and how do you bring |
| 0:07.7 | people together? I think it's by focusing on commonalities, and nostalgia is a part of all of our |
| 0:13.2 | lives individually and collectively. Luxury is now leaning towards more earth tones, which |
| 0:19.8 | connotes this idea of a slower life, |
| 0:23.1 | if you bring back aesthetic and you bring back beauty and wonder and joy into a space through |
| 0:31.6 | aesthetics, I think it enriches your life, it enriches your spirit, gives you a sense of your experience and a |
| 0:40.1 | connection to the now. Unrealized creativity is not benign. It metastasizes in a way that can be |
| 0:48.6 | detrimental. It can turn into depression. It can turn into negative thoughts and feelings and actions. |
| 0:54.0 | The melting pot that we live in, |
| 0:56.8 | the ability to coexist with so many different cultures and people of different geographic origins |
| 1:03.0 | is a beautiful experiment and one that is advancing our species beyond anything else that's ever |
| 1:14.7 | existed. |
| 1:16.6 | Today I'm joined by Matt Barnes, a lifelong artist and creative entrepreneur to explore the |
| 1:22.9 | power of leisure and the beauty of analog experiences. |
| 1:27.1 | As the founder of the leisure club, a thoughtfully |
| 1:29.9 | designed social clubhouse in Columbus, Matt has created a space where people can connect and be |
| 1:35.3 | fully present. We'll dive into the inspiration behind this unique gathering place, the role of |
| 1:39.8 | intentional design in shaping human interactions, and why prioritizing rest isn't just a luxury. |
| 1:45.9 | It's essential. I was thrilled to get to speak with Matt. As you'll hear in the beginning of the |
| 1:49.9 | episode, we got connected about a year ago and found that we have a lot of commonalities when it |
| 1:54.8 | comes to artistic expression, what I like to call intentional maximalism and so much more. |
| 2:01.4 | So I can't wait for you to hear this episode. |
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