About Us

A Platform for Awareness

We created this project to spread awareness about ME/CFS and to provide a platform for those severely affected to share their art—our art. Because of the debilitating nature of this illness, many of us are unable to display our work in in-person galleries. Our community as a whole often goes unnoticed by the world. We hope to change that, even if it is only a fragment.

A Quiet Storm is founded and run by volunteers with ME/CFS, many with severe forms. This site is a testament that although we may be too ill to accomplish things individually, together as a community, we can achieve great things.

At first, A Quiet Storm was a quiet thought. I was resting in my bed as usual when a daydream started to form in my head. I dreamt of art, art made by people who have experienced the same severe illness that I was experiencing. I dreamt of a space for it all to be laid side by side. To be presented as a collection, our connection.

The community of people with severe ME is so beautiful and diverse. We have so much to offer. We are missing out on the world, but the world is also missing out on us: our skills, our ideas, and our art.

We can’t wait for you to finally see us!

-Greta Granö

A grey hand-drawn cloud with the text ’meet our team!’ written on top of it

A raindrop shaped image of Greta, a young white blonde woman with a teal scarf wrapped around her neck. She is outside and looking directly at the camera. Two bright blue big tears are painted across her cheeks.

A raindrop shaped image of Niko, a white man with short dark hair and a beard sits upright in a hospital bed with a neutral expression. He is wearing a denim button-up shirt and a gold watch on his wrist. The setting is a bedroom.

A raindrop shaped image of Lily, a young white woman with waivy brown hair wearing a white top, is looking straight to the camera with a neutral expression. She is outside, the background is greeny leaves and trees.

A raindrop shaped image of Heini, a white woman with long wavy brown hair wearing a green jacket and resting her head on her hand. She is outdoors, smiling and looking straight toward the camera.

A raindrop shaped image of Katie, a young white woman with long blonde hair and glasses, wearing a gray cable-knit sweater. She has a nasal feeding tube and is seated in bed, looking at the camera with a slight smile.

A raindrop shaped image of Emily, a young white woman with wavy brown hair wearing a pale blue short-sleeved dress, is standing in the sunlight in front of bushes and bright pink flowers and smiling.