User:Kaufmann2022/Eduardo Marinho

Eduardo de Mendonça Marinho (Espírito Santo, 26th of December 1960) is a brazilian plastic artist, writer, social activist and philosopher.

His works have an emphasis on the contestation of society's values, leading to him being know as a philosopher or "thinker from the streets".

Biography
Eduardo de Mendonça Marinho was born in the 26th of December of 1960, in Espírito Santo. His father, Aldo Lins Marinho, was an officer of the 38th Infantry Battalion of the Brazilian Army in Vila Velha and his mother, Ilva Furtado de Mendonça Marinho was a housewife. They were middle-class, in contrast to the pauper life Eduardo leads since his 20th.

At fourteen years of age he applied to a position at Banco do Brasil and was accepted. He remained in the company for around 10 months until resigning, already with 15 years of age.

Near completion his 18th birthday he applied and was accepted to the Preparatory School for Army Cadets(EsPCEx), remaining as a member of the military for around a year and a half, until realizing that the "hierarchy and [...] the role played by the armed forces, in the control and repression of the people" were to his conscience a violation of individual and collective freedoms.

Soon after leaving EsPCEx he took the national written college entrance exams and entered a bachelor's course in law, remaining in it for around a year, until abandoning it for considering the discussions in that environment disconnected from reality. His quitting was also motivated from his experiences traveling by hitchhiking during vacations and holidays where, with little money. sleeping in the open air, in gas stations, abandoned houses or construction sites, alongside, generally, impoverished or homeless people, attesting to much of the social reality of the country.

He would spend days in the Mestre Álvaro Forest Reserve, alone or with one or two friends, "forgetting" everyday life through the woodland routine.

These experiences were crucial for his decision to take on a life of homelessness.

Personal Life
Marinho has five children, one being Brisa do Outono Marinho, born inVitória (ES), another, Adhara Marinho, in Salvador (BA), Ravi Marinho, in Belo Horizonte (MG), Emanuel Aguiar and Agatha G. Marinho, in Niterói (Rio de Janeiro).

He has two sister, Ana Lúcia de Mendonça Marinho Barcellos (Vitória - ES, 12/11/1958), and Eliane Marinho Bailey (Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 10/03/1962).

Ink and Canvas works
Marinho has many works of screen printing and ink, from which he started his course as an artist, having paintings such as "Por tão poucos terem tanto é que tantos têm tão pouco", "Observar Absorver", "O Povo", "Poço é Lição" e "Integração dos povos" (the first three have adapted version without ink).Other works include "Falhas Próprias", "Bandeira" e "Feminino".

Virtual Philosophy Documentaries
He is the protagonist of the documentary "Observar e Absorver", produzido em 2016 e dirigido por Júnior SQL and of the documentary "Via Celestina",produced by Hare Brasil, conceptualizar of "Traficando Informação" ,which show the backstage of the trips taken for each of his talks. Eduardor also has the "Observar e Absorver" blog where he shares his thoughts on society and life. I don't carry truths, I carry many doubts, but I have my convictions, and don't wish to impose them of anyone...

