Photographic Soundscapes of Mr. Angle

Music is visual. Okay, technically it’s audible, but with enough imagination (and enough doesn’t have to be a lot here) musicians can paint vivid soundscapes and textures all up in your brainspace. So it’s no surprise that visual artists like photographer Roderick Angle use music as a main source of inspiration.

Both music and photography are really much more participatory than they’re given credit for being. That’s why the term snap shot is so appropriate when talking about Roderick’s work. His images act as single frames in larger stories written and rewritten by each individual observer. Roderick, like so many artists wants you to build your own story. To make your own conclusions. To see where you can go from his point of departure. That’s how Roderick uses music. He wants to build his interpretations off of what others have already presented to him.

This use of art to inspire art is not one sided. The same way Roderick wants to push the stories from music forward, musicians might do the same with his photographs. I guess what we’re really getting at here is that all art can inspire any imagination, and that inspired imaginations can lead to great art. Now we’re obviously not trying to imply that you need art to be inspired, but when you surround yourself with it, the chances for creating something new and unique increase exponentially. So I guess what we are trying to imply is that if you’re stuck for inspiration, go find some new art, no matter the medium. Maybe you’ll catch a spark that will light the fire of your imagination. The camp kind of fire, or the kind that helps you make pizza. Not the arson kind, though. We don’t promote that shit here.

Create or Else Director David Zellerford pictured with Roderick

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