Thomas said, InchMusic is akin to an infinite alphabet.Inch Weaving together two texts, originally written in two different alphabets (about 800 years apart,) Freedom To be Free and Sky Bound unfolds and develops an elegant, resonant, graceful dialogue between Parks' InchFreedomInch and Rumi's InchLoveInch. Textual and musical braids embody Thomas' notion of Inchinfinite alphabet.Inch Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an African-American activist in the civil rights movement, best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. The United States Congress has honored her as Inchthe first lady of civil rightsInch and Inchthe mother of the freedom movement.Inch Parks received countless recognitions, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Rumi was a 13th-century Persian poet, Hanafi faqih, Islamic scholar, Maturidi theologian, and Sufi mystic. Like other mystic and Sufi poets of Persian literature, Rumi's poetry speaks of love which infuses the world. This is made explicit in Rumi's verse (not included in this composition) that describes love as Inchthat flame which, when it blazes up, burns away everything except the Everlasting Beloved.Inch © Augusta Read Thomas

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