Dec 17, 2014
These pictures were based on the prophet Gentileza work. They show some sentences painted around the city for bringing some advice or messages to the pedestrian. However, they generally are invisible for all of us. For me walk around the city is the best way to really know a place and its occult messages.
José Datrino, known as prophet Gentileza (11 April 1917 — 28 May 1996) was a Brazilian urban personality, kind of a preacher, which became known from 1980 by making quirky inscriptions under an overpass in Rio de Janeiro, where he walked in a white robe and long beard. "Gentileza gera gentileza" ("Kindness begets kindness") is his most famous phrase – Read more...