MARCIO ARAUJO
09/02/1973
In April of 2023, everything changed. I had two strokes that left the entire left side of my body paralyzed, and just like that, my life cracked wide open. Work? Gone. My daily rhythm? Obliterated. Depression came barreling in. But somehow, writing stayed. At first, it was just survival. Scribbling thoughts, dumping feelings, trying to make sense of a life that no longer made sense. No grand breakthroughs. No motivational poster moments. Just words. Raw, messy, honest words. One after another. Day after day. And then something shifted. Those words turned into scenes. The scenes bec
