“It is my immense pleasure to introduce you to Sandra Murphy-Pak, an astonishing artist living with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).  Sandra has defied the odds of ALS, living creatively and joyfully through the progression of her degenerative disease over the last 10 years.  Sandra quickly adapted her process as a painter from her use of her hands to her feet and has continued to evolve as an artist and deepen her relationship to her creative inner force.  Sandra was the first artist who trained me to work independently at the bedside with patients in the hospital.  Evolving with her as a facilitator of her work on her creative journey with ALS has been one of the greatest gifts of my lifetime.  I have spent countless hours with Sandra- painting, singing and playing her favorite songs on my guitar, and engaging in the most meaningful conversations I will cherish forever.  Even as Sandra’s disease has progressed to a point of limiting her communication to a “Tobii” computer device with which she uses her eyes to type words on a screen that are then read aloud by the device, she remains one of the most beautiful communicators I’ve ever engaged with.  Sandra is my hero and dear, treasured friend.  If you’re interested in learning more about Sandra and her gorgeous work, you can click the link below!”- Ariel