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May 13, 2014
"There comes that mysterious meeting in life when someone acknowledges who we are and what we can be, igniting the circuits of our highest potential." --Rusty Berkus
The Conditioned: A Sidewalk Poet Finds His Home
Raimundo Arruda Sobrinho was a homeless poet, living for decades on a roadway median in Sao Paulo, Brazil, he called "The Island." Though his circumstances were dire, he wrote each day will diligence and passion. His dream was to share his work with the world; but he lived fundamentally disconnected from others. Or did he? This film speaks to the inherent interconnections among all of us and the astonishing things that can happen when we allow them to manifest.
BE THE CHANGE
Writing has always been an important expressive outlet for marginalized people, including those on the streets. Sample the work of these poems on homelessness. More ...