What is a Sonic Painting?

A Sonic Painting is when I realized that my voice is an instrument. An instrument like a guitar, a saxophone. Or even a paintbrush. The Sonic painting is my podcast. My podcast is the sound of a writer.

I used to rap, recite spoken word and even sing and play guitar. Now I'm in the season of mindful monologues with music. This is an organic progression of where life and art has taken my pen and my voice. I hope you all enjoy it , leave a comment and I hope that this episode brings you inspiration and a good vibration.

Walter P.o.p. Matthews IV

This episode is the beginning of my Moonlight Mastermind series. I've done other recordings but they're unreleased. The week or a full moon is a frequency that I can't even explain but there's something about going on to my outside in the middle of the night and my rooftop is saturated in the lunar glow. Instead of high noon it's my midnight high.

It's become my monthly flow state because every time I press record on a full moon night the episode writes it myself. I had the theme in my head many months before I recorded any episode in this series. Moonlight at Midnight is featured at the end of Ep. 12 and is featured at the beginning and end of Ep. 11. Let me know what you thought in the comments.

What's good, everyone? This is P.o.p. Presents. And I'm P.O.P. Also known as Walter IV. And this is a special episode.

Am recording live. On a full moon night on my rooftop. And this is the first time that I'm recording. On my lavalier mic. That I have attached to my shirt. And while I'm recording. Looking at that beautiful full moon? I'm on my. I'm walking on my Walkpad. And if you don't know what a Wattpad is? That's a treadmill without the bars.

So?

I'm doing a test. I'm doing a mic check. And a podcast at the same time. Isn't that some great multitasking? I'm not even going to tell you how long I had this mic, but it takes me forever to do things, but. Guess what? We're here.

Walter P.o.p. Matthews IV

This episode I share with my listeners my first recorded walk journal in August 2025. This has been an idea I've had since I've been writing my monthly walk journals. When I write my audio diaries of my morning movement I have to retain all of the ideas and thoughts until I get home. Sometimes I get distracted and lose all of my ideas when I get home. I wrote many and I also lost many. The Path of the Sonic Writer solves that problem of losing my ideas. I bought a lavilier mic and this podcast episode was just supposed to be an outdoor mic test. That's it. A soundcheck in motion. It actually was going to be a throwaway because because of bad mic placement I had pops and crackles in the recording. Recently realized a program that I already have restores audio and takes out any unwanted sound. So I'm back in business. This recording was one take in the length of one mile into my walk. The rest is history. I get to share with you the first one of a long future series. I would love to read what you think in the comments.

Walter P.o.p. Matthews IV

This episode chronicles three days of my life that was just supposed to be recorded on my birthday but I started a day early on my birthday eve 6-20-25. Then proceeded with an audio journal on birthday 6-21-25 and then created one more the day after on 6-22- 25. Every night I went out into the dark stillness of my rooftop under a crescent moon and recorded an introspective and reflective monologue. I captured what I was feeling right there in that moment. The theme was gratitude, being thankful, mindfulness, feeling renewed, being present and showing up for yourself. It's never too late to start again and a special message to all of my creatives to never forget your dreams.

Walter P.o.p. Matthews IV