By Jabez L. Van Cleef

ISBN-10: 1438226403

ISBN-13: 9781438226408

conventional cultures in lots of elements of the area have displayed a profound appreciation of the necessity for humans to appreciate one another, leaving apart non secular partisanship in a look for universal figuring out of the worldly, the transcendent, and the divine. Poetry and track could construct such lasting bridges and supply disparate cultures with varieties for public social gathering. to advertise making a song of the gospel, THE track OF JOHN retells the gospel tale as a poem prepared in stanzas of 4 strains with traces of 4 beats and 3 beats alternating, a kind referred to as universal meter. Jabez L. Van Cleef takes foundational texts from many oral traditions and religions and creates a standard poetic structure to maintain, advertise and disseminate the values of those cultures. His paintings additionally promotes the common statement of Human Rights and different frameworks intended to foster complete cognizance of human potential.

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