Arnaldo Baptista is firing on all cylinders, yet he defies the boundaries of prose. That is to say: he is neither firmly planted in the exclusive territory of prose nor strictly bound by the cadence of poetry — though his writing encompasses all of that, plus a central element: visionary insight.

“I was walking along the path and met an owl” sings Arnaldo Dias Baptista in the song “Gurum-Gudum”, featured on his 2004 album “Let It Bed”.

Arnaldo was invited by Antofágica publishing to illustrate their edition of O Mágico de Oz (The Wizard of Oz), by Lyman Frank Baum, released 123 years ago.

15 remixes of “To Burn or Not to Burn” strengthen, renew and reverberate the message that Arnaldo Baptista has always brought in his poetry and music. A D-Edge Records release.

Arnaldo was invited to be part of the Catalog for “VIX Estórias Capixabas”, an exhibition that reopened the MAES – Museum of Art of Espírito Santo Dionisio Del Santo. “VIX Estórias Capixabas”: curatorship, texts and editing by Júlio Martins. Vitória: Espírito Santo. Public Archive, 2021.