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or 35 years, an old homeless man spent his days writing beautiful poems and short stories, unseen by the world around him. “The Conditioned” is a critically acclaimed documentary that follows the remarkable journey of this 77-year-old Brazilian poet and philosopher.
Day after day, Raimundo Arruda Sobrinho sat outside in his makeshift shelter, writing, writing, writing. He dreamt of the day his words would be published, let alone read by someone… anyone. But then in spring of 2011, Raimundo’s life changed forever when he was befriended by woman named Shalla. She couldn’t help but notice Raimundo was never without his pen and pencil, scribbling away on his small scraps of paper. He gave her one of his poems.
Shalla was so struck by the old man’s work that she created a Facebook page and shared his writings with the world. Neither Shalla nor Raimundo ever expected what happened next. Once his poetry and stories were brought to light, one person in particular emerged from the shadows — and when you see who it is, you’ll be blown away.
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Caros, após um longo período sem postar retomo as postagens ao lado de Raimundo, em Goiania!
Vejam que lindo e saudável ele esta!
Vim matar as saudades e prosseguir com o projeto de publicação do seu livro, que espero logo dar a grande noticia do lançamento! ...
Ladies, after a long period without post I agree with the posts on the side of raimundo in goiania!
Look what a beautiful and healthy he is!
I came to kill the miss you and continue with the project of publication of his book, which I hope soon to give the great news of the launch!
In spite of my absence here, I was always in touch with him and giving the messages of you in our frequent interactions by phone.
Hugs,
Shalla
Olá amigos!
Depois de 2 meses apenas dedicados a cuidar do meu bebe estou de volta! Que alegria encontrar mais de104 mil pessoas por aqui! Falei isso com Raimundo e ele ficou muito feliz e surpreso: nossa quanta gente! E eu disse: sim todos te admiram muito!
Ele está ótimo, falamos ao telefone hoje e eu comentei com ele que iria fazer uma postagem para dizer que ele está bem e dar notícias sobre o LIVRO!
Surpreendentemente recebi tantas solicitações que ficou difícil responder a todas. Já me desculpo pelo que ainda não consegui dar retorno.
É maravilhoso termos tantas opções e ideias de colaboração! Esta semana estou realizando os últimos contatos e darei notícias para vocês o antes possível sobre o Lançamento e como podem obter o tão sonhado Livro do Raimundo!
Vejam que lindo na foto fazendo o que mais gosta: escrevendo Mini-Páginas (suas poesias)!
Grande Abraço e obrigada pelo carinho,
Shalla
Hello friends!
After 2 months just dedicated to take care of my baby I'm back! I am so proud to find out more than 104 thousand of people here! I have said this to Raimundo and he is very happy and surprised: Wow it is a lot of people! And I answered: Yes they all admire you a lot!
We talked on the phone today and I told him I'd post to inform you that he is great and to give news about the BOOK
Surprisingly I have received so many requests that it has been difficult to answer all of them. I apologize for who I haven't been able to return.
It is amazing that we have so many options and ideas of collaboration! This week I am conducting the last contacts and I will give news as soon as possible about the launch and how the book of Raimundo can be obtained!
See how pretty he is in the picture doing what he likes best: writing Mini-pages (his poems)!
Big hug and thanks for caring,
Shalla
Dear all,
I want to thank for all the emails that I have received from all over the world offering help in the publication of Raimundo´s Book!
I'm responding and analyzing them in order to elect with Raimundo the best way/proposal.
I will always maintain you all informed by here about the Book´s publication!
However, I will ask permission to you all and the Book project, a shared dream that I have with Raimundo, to give birth to my baby!
So, from today I will be concentrating on this divine process and I will be back with news about our beloved friend and your Book as soon as possible!
Raimundo Arruda Sobrinho is a 77-year-old Brazilian poet and philosopher. Raimundo became homeless in the late 70s. He spent the next 35 years writing poems and stories on the streets, but his beautiful work remained unknown
Raimundo sat in the same spot, writing, every single day. To the locals who walked by, he was just a dirty, unkempt, unworthy old man.
But he never stopped writing, and he never stopped dreaming of the day his work would be published.
In 2011, a young woman named Shalla Monteiro befriended the old homeless man. She'd stop to talk with him on a daily basis, and Raimundo gave her one of his poems.
Shalla was blown away by his poetry -- so much so that she created a Facebook Page to feature Raimundo’s poems and stories.
As soon as Raimundo's work hit the internet, he was received with an outpouring of support. Locals sought him out, brought him gifts, and offered him words of praise. To date, his Facebook page has over 100,000 fans.
But out of Raimundo's newfound notoriety emerged one very unexpected person: his long-lost brother. After connecting via Facebook, his brother asked Raimundo to live with him.
Raimundo not only cleaned himself up for the first time in 35 years, but he had a home and he was loved. He and Shalla remain best friends to this day.
Raimundo is now working on publishing his poetry.
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"CONDITIONED"... TO BE LOVED AND TO LOVE
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"THE WORSE THE SITUATION IS, NEVER EVER SHOULD A MAN [PERSON] CONSIDER IT LOST", (signed: THE CONDITIONED) - by the Brazilian poet RAIMUNDO - Sao Paolo, 2012
Raimundo Arruda Sobrinho, a homeless 75 year old Brazilian poet and native of Goiàs, had been away from his family since 51 years, 35 of which he had spent as a homeless person, abandoned by life and the living. Not long ago, Shalla Monteiro, a compassionate woman residing in the neighbourhood discovered him, and his poetry, and decided to help him by making his poetry known to the world. Shalla created a Facebook page just for Raimundo and his poetry. Raimundo's Facebook fans are growing exponentially in number and have now, just as I type exceeded 24,000, more than 1,400,000 million fans on Youtube, and many more fans outside of Facebook. As a result of Shallas' initiative using Facebook as means to help Raimundo, his long lost family, namely his brother, finally found him and they were reunited. Raimundo now lives in Goiàs with his brother and family, and is trying publish a book on the poems he wrote during the endless years he spent in the desert of homelessness, as a means to share his experience with the world. For the first time Raimundo is realizing his dream of publishing his book, and has launched a fundraising campaign on Facebook to support his initiative. Here's Raimundo's fundraising campaign message and the corresponding URL if you wish to contribute to his project:
"Dear friends, support the project financially ¨¨ Writers Entrepreneurs Supporting writers with few resources and very talented. With this help you can contribute your bit for those who want to publish a book.Thank you! They just have to get into Paypal and they want to send mail: Escritoresemprendedores@gmail.com Undertake writers like Raymond Arruda Sobrinho" - URL:
"The solution is not to share the bread, but to have the conditions that allow everyone to be able to purchase their bread on their own" wrote Raimundo, highlighting the importance for every person to have access to a decent job that will allow them to live with dignity.
Though Facebook was a powerful tool to help Raimundo, Shalla's loving heart, thoughts and actions saved him and made him. He who thought that he was conditioned to homelessness, forgotten and condemned to join the living dead, know knows that he was conditioned to be loved and to love.
NOTE: TO WATCH A SHORT DOCUMENTARY ON RAIMUNDO AND SHALLA, USE THE FOLLOWING URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UClzYq0T9cM)
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[Article by Rita Sawaya, Oakville, June 6, 2014, based on the articles: 1. "La conmovedora historia del poeta mending rescatado gracias a Facebook" in El Heraldo. URL: elheraldo.hn;
; 2. "Brésil : Raimundo, le poète SDF sauvé grâce à Facebook" in Aleteia. URL: Aleteia.org; 3. Raimundo's Fan page: Raimundo Arruda Sobrinho]
(Phtoto Credits: ElHerlado.hn)
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