Artist Ginny Ruffner was in a coma for five weeks, in the hospital for five months, and in a wheelchair for five years. But she never considered giving up her art. "Giving up art is like giving up having green eyes. It's who I am, not what I do."
Posted on BrainLine September 19, 2012.
Produced by Victoria Tilney McDonough, Ashley Gilleland, and Jared Schaubert, BrainLine.
About the author: Ginny Ruffner
Ginny Ruffner, an internationally acclaimed artist, was featured in a feature-length documentary called "Ginny Ruffner: a not so still life," on her refusal to let a debilitating brain injury slow down her drive to create art.
