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The Palimpsest of Human Rights by Jabez L. Van Cleef
Spirituality
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The Palimpsest of Human Rights is an experimental spoken word production which combines verse interpretations of the prose writings of Martin Luther King, Mohandas Gandhi, and Henry Thoreau. The influence of new, temporally-bound ideas on succeeding generations is revealed in a continuous discourse.
The physical idea of a palimpsest (writing over the top of an existing text in a manuscript) is here extended to an aural experience. When the texts are read aloud, one over the top of another, the sound preserves some part of the utterance of each original, while concealing some part of the others. Just as the mind of a reader would struggle to decipher what is underneath a superimposed handwriting, the ear of the listener works harder to discern the meaning of the intentionally obscured speech.
The author has adapted prose source materials into a common format by paraphrasing the text into metered lines (iambic pentameter). In a process called text weaving he creates a long poem in which the successive lines are bound rhythmically, but not always by meaning. In each stanza of the printed book, the first line is from Thoreau, the second line from Gandhi, and the third line from King.
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By: Evo
I think you missed this part of the description, Chris: 'When the texts are read aloud, one over the top of another, the sound preserves some part of the utterance of each original, while concealing some part of the others.' It's supposed to be that way. :)By: Chris
It seems the audio is edited quite poorly in this book and I can hear three or four tracks laid over each other at a time. It's actually a bit interesting to listen to just to see how many of the tracks I can listen to and follow. In the end though I just couldn't carry on till the end, I hope the audio gets remastered and posted again.
Chapters
| Title | Description | Date Created |
| Chapter 1: No State Has the Vitality and Force (3.38 MB) | This is an experimental spoken word production which combines verse interpretations of the prose writings of Martin Luther King, Mohandas Gandhi, and Henry Thoreau. | Apr 23, 2008 |
| Chapter 2: The Means Depict the Ideal in the Making (8.35 MB) | This is an experimental spoken word production which combines verse interpretations of the prose writings of Martin Luther King, Mohandas Gandhi, and Henry Thoreau. | Apr 23, 2008 |
| Chapter 3: If Their Hearts Melt (7.52 MB) | This is an experimental spoken word production which combines verse interpretations of the prose writings of Martin Luther King, Mohandas Gandhi, and Henry Thoreau. | Apr 23, 2008 |
| Chapter 4: Perception and Performance of the Right (9.36 MB) | This is an experimental spoken word production which combines verse interpretations of the prose writings of Martin Luther King, Mohandas Gandhi, and Henry Thoreau. | Apr 23, 2008 |
| Chapter 5: Let Your Life Apply the Counter-Friction (7.13 MB) | This is an experimental spoken word production which combines verse interpretations of the prose writings of Martin Luther King, Mohandas Gandhi, and Henry Thoreau. | Apr 23, 2008 |
| Chapter 6: I See This Blood Is Flowing From Us Now (5.05 MB) | This is an experimental spoken word production which combines verse interpretations of the prose writings of Martin Luther King, Mohandas Gandhi, and Henry Thoreau. | Apr 23, 2008 |
| Chapter 7: They Perceive Their Own Sophistication (4.49 MB) | This is an experimental spoken word production which combines verse interpretations of the prose writings of Martin Luther King, Mohandas Gandhi, and Henry Thoreau. | Apr 23, 2008 |
| Chapter 8: If I Meet Hate With Hate I Am Not Human (4.34 MB) | This is an experimental spoken word production which combines verse interpretations of the prose writings of Martin Luther King, Mohandas Gandhi, and Henry Thoreau. | Apr 23, 2008 |
| Chapter 9: The Truth Must Be Repeated (1.66 MB) | This is an experimental spoken word production which combines | Apr 23, 2008 |
