by Sarah Marie Lacy | Dec 20, 2012 | Art, Coping With Chronic Illness
I’m applying for my first Canada Council arts grant today. It’s been anything but fun. (Turns out, I would rather have my nails pulled out than write grant essays. I am assuming this feeling lessens with practice.) It’s an equity/disability travel... by Sarah Marie Lacy | Apr 6, 2011 | Coping With Chronic Illness
On Monday, I was featured in an article in our local paper, the Guardian. (You can read it here.) It talks about my journey from being very ill, to creating a life for myself that I love. It’s a great piece and the reporter, Mary MacKay, really captures my voice... by Sarah Marie Lacy | Jan 11, 2011 | Art, Coping With Chronic Illness, Dreams
I was writing a letter to my email list this morning, telling them about the ways they can help me go to France and how I’ll be donating a portion of the proceeds to the Creative Spirit Art Centre and trying to explain why that’s important to me. I... by Sarah Marie Lacy | Jul 13, 2010 | Art, Art Marketing, Coping With Chronic Illness
I am, occasionally, accused of working too much (usually by well-meaning friends). It’s probably true. I work a lot. Longer than 8 hour days, by far. Probably closer to 10-12. But it doesn’t usually feel like work to me. This is what I’d be doing... by Sarah Marie Lacy | Jun 28, 2010 | Coping With Chronic Illness
Recently, I was afraid someone was going to prevent me from participating in something because of my CFS. In the end, the decision was left up to me, but it pushed all of my buttons. It was like I imploded. Something inside collapsed, and all I could feel was sad,... by Sarah Marie Lacy | Jun 22, 2010 | Art, Coping With Chronic Illness
I woke up this morning, early. It happens sometimes when my sleep is drug induced – I was in so much pain yesterday I had to take sleeping pills last night to get any kind of relief.I pottered around for a few hours, did some web design work and then wandered...