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Chico César; Music; Composition; Diversity; Education.
The present essay reflects on musical composition as a metaphor for life, having as research elements the life and works of the artist from Paraíba, Francisco César Gonçalves, better known as Chico César. Through his musical work, Chico César shows the importance of inventiveness and art in the world. His musical compositions inspired the construction of this essay, and through it, we were able to highlight Chico César‘s creation processes, how they are related to life, his plural formation, his origins, and, finally, his lessons for education. In this research, we selected the songs by Chico César that were closest to the propositions brought in this work: love, protest, freedom, and diversity, songs that were taken from his albums. The extensive art production of the poet, songwriter, and singer has been organized in an annex to direct the reader to an overview of Chico's compositions. This essay incorporates ideas of Edgar Morin, Paulo Freire, Arthur Schopenhauer, Lídia Silmara Marton, Maria da Conceição de Almeida, among others. We conclude that Chico César and his art teach us that life is a continuous and renewing composition. We are able to compose life when we have self-criticism, world reading, and the collective feeling of humanity. The dialogue between knowledge, diversity, and human understanding is the impetus to weave the composition of our existence. Chico is never tired of teaching, through his art, the manifestation of the link between life, nature, and culture.