Cardinal Sigitas TamkevičiusLithuanian Cardinal, Former Soviet Prisoner of Conscience & Champion of Religious Freedom

#SelfMade Vinyl Pop Art Wix Story

Name: #SelfMade Vinyl Pop Art Wix Story
Uploaded: 2015-12-07T14:40:52+00:00
Duration: 1 min 3 s
Channel: Cardinal Sigitas Tamkevičius
Description: In this first‑person monologue, Greg, a Brooklyn‑based vinyl pop artist, recounts how he discovered a box of 45‑rpm records, began breaking them apart…

7 Dec 2015 · 1 min

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In this first‑person monologue, Greg, a Brooklyn‑based vinyl pop artist, recounts how he discovered a box of 45‑rpm records, began breaking them apart, and turned the fragments into portrait‑style artworks he calls "vinyl pop art." He describes leaving a stable job to pursue this unconventional practice, embracing the discomfort of uncertainty about sales, and finding fulfillment in the creative process. Greg defines wealth not as cash but as the validation and pride of friends, emphasizes the importance of staying true to oneself, and offers advice to his younger self to stay close to supportive people and ignore negative noise. He reflects on identity, stating that being someone else would be the toughest job, and focuses on living in the present.

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My name is Greg and I've been a vinyl pop artist for four years. It all started here in Brooklyn. I was walking around and found a box of 45s on the ground, took them home, started experimenting with breaking up the records and creating portraits with them. Yeah, records were meant to play music out loud, but I've taken them and created a different type of music through my vinyl pop art. I used to have a stable job. This is a bit rockier, but I'm comfortable with being uncomfortable, you know, not really knowing if my pieces will sell. When you have passion, you never regret going for what you believe in. New York City is my cubicle, and I wouldn't trade this life for anything. Rich to me isn't cash. It's getting a pat on the back from a friend telling me they're proud. If I weren't doing this, I wouldn't be me. And it's the toughest job in the world to be someone you're not. I tell my old self to stay close to those who had my back and ignore the bad noise. But I'm not my old self. I'm me today. And I'm only worried about today because that's all I have right now. Today.