A folkloric figure of Blumenau's culture, Douglas Zunino carries with him the identity of marginal poetry, in a society fascinated by traditionalism and reactionism.
This fact that stigmatizes and simplifies the analysis of his literary production becomes, in the vision of another artist, something different. What for theorists is an argument, for me is pure fire.
I had the privilege of living alongside Douglas for 6 years, and not just hearing his poems: I saw him composing them. I breathed the air that motivates him, suffered the conflicts of his society.
What, for some, is failure, for others is fuel, and for still others, it is both failure and fuel! To hell with conventions… For the artist, everything is art.
To the master, my small tribute
