it upsets me so that i help others make things and cant find time to make anything on my own. harumph!

The one big surprise is that as it turns out, 

God is the sun. 

It makes sense, if you think about it. 

Why we didn't see it sooner 

I cannot say. 

Every day the sun was right there burning, 

our and other planets hovering around it, 

always apologizing, 

and we didn't think it was 

God. 

Why would there be a God and also a sun? 

Of course God is the sun.

Everyone in the life before 

was cranky, 

I think, 

because they just wanted to know.

BLUE MASKING TAPE!!!

yum yum yum yum

so so! so full! so full so full!

so full of words

so full of sounds and songs

so full of steps and prayers

so full of puppies and popcorn

so full of colors

so full of snot!

so full of a broken gourd, glued back together with tears and a promise that I'm not mad

so full of life of love of love to live for life for love

so full of forgets!

so full of its okay

so full of glue glue glue glue in my hair on my pants

so full of praying mantis

so full of silence!

Wed on HBO at 7pm

http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/tellthemanything/

http://weloveyouso.com/

ladysmith black mambazo

are the most beautiful sounds!

lovisa burfitt

www.lovisaburfitt.com

sometimes postsecret makes me cry all day

Today on my run

I saw a hummingbird.

as I ran up my last hill two boys who had just climbed it on their bikes came soaring down, screaming with happiness.

I thought about Friends

Lauryn Hill said before singing my favorite song 

"fantasy is what people want but reality is what they need.. and I've just retired... from the fantasy part."

I used to live by that phrase-- it was one of those things that sounded good, and I didn't think twice about its meaning. I thought agreeing with it meant I was growing up. 

I'm in a happier place, right now. I know I am lucky if I can hold on to my fantasy world. Working with children helps me to keep imagining, to keep dreaming and to make those dreams a reality. I'm growing back down, and I think I'm headed in the right direction.

a day

when i sent out a million emails, and i've checked every minute for a response. yeesh!

hello hello im home im home and i make art that MOVES (kinetic!) with seventeen 5 year olds day to day!

maneuverability, gen!

as written by my dad

Today we had to put down our 13 year old sweetheart, Bayly, a mini german shepherd mixed mutt, and without a doubt, the sweetest dog we have ever been proud to own.  I will never forget the looks on the kids faces when we brought her in the door on Christmas Eve, as one of the handlers from Partnership for Animal Welfare (PAW) made all the arrangements.  For those of you who have been to our house, you know that there have been at least two and sometimes as many as 4 dogs in our household.  Bayly was the oldest and ruled the other two with a quiet charm.  She took a lot from them, but had no problems letting them know who was in charge.  Row (Sharon's mom) always loved the "eyeliner" around her beautiful eyes, said it made her look like Cleopatra.  Even though her one eye came out at Christmas due to a brain tumor, and she eventually became blind in the other eye, she never complained, whimpered or let you know she was in pain.  In the end, her inability to climb the stairs and lost interest in food and water let us know that the time was right.  She will be missed. 

what what in the butt!

senior art show tuesday, 6-9

this silly website i made for class: HERE

hopefully greg can take pics of my stuff from this semester before my free dreamweaver access runs out... i said what what in the butt@!!

and ill make one thousand of them!

step one

hello process

woodcut relief prints+oil

love my job

10:04am

"Life is so wonderful and I am so happy to believe.  I am happy to be a conscious, living entity.  I am happy that I am able to feel sad, happy, angry, and all the other emotions.  Another thing that makes me happy is that I feel a connection between us.  That is something I cannot wrap my head around, much like I cannot wrap my head around the thought of there being an actual God.  I will admit, the love we share is greater than the both of us.  It is a strange force that exists, somehow.  I take great comfort in knowing that what my body contains is more than just flesh and blood.  Sometimes I wonder why I am so cynical and full of so much anger.  Every day I try to remind myself how beautiful other people are, even if they are so different from me.  When I say that all I want is for there to be universal kindness, I mean that!  I have such happy thoughts, where everyone gets along.  There is no hate.  Ahh...I feel so cliche...typical...but I really mean it!  Right now, the rain is falling.  It is wonderful, absolutely wonderful.  It's 11:39 and I feel great, the soft breeze coming through my window is very pleasant.  Thunder..I just heard thunder.  I cannot remember the last time I heard thunder."

and finally

my 2nd print was stolen off the wall at school. STOKED/major compliment. Plus it was an edition of fifteen, so I'm not sweating it. 

neverending process

I've wanted to show how much my stuff changes over time for awhile, and unfortunately I feel like this piece will never finish, EVER. It keeps changing, and the last picture I have looks very different from what it is now. Its plaguing me, but also I'm in love with it because I've lost my precariousness.

Scans of previous paintings.

Plus typical pthalo, wood glue, pen.

hearts

skellys, obits, u know the deal

bed sheet

joe a part of the process, coffee and red wine (hence the fermentation)

drip drip

woodblock printing cutouts=good collage material

too many thin lines/needs more contrast. still working/enjoying!

my wall :)

favorite posish

I got in here for a residency in November. They gave me 1550 for work study/financial aid but I've got to work my butt off to supply the rest. I'm excited/intimidated/humbled. But mostly excited to see Vermont in the fall...

The one big surprise is that as it turns out, God is the sun. It makes sense, if you think about it. Why we didn't see it sooner I cannot say. Every day the sun was right there burning, our and other planets hovering around it, always apologizing, and we didn't think it was God. Why would there be a God and also a sun? Of course God is the sun.

Everyone in the life before was cranky, I think, because they just wanted to know.

from "After I was thrown in the river and before I drowned" by Dave Eggers.

stay with me for awhile

that's an awfully real gun

it kills me when i don't look like i'm dying

alone

good things:

my ramona quimby marionette

serious decisions about next year

junebug

working hard

pears

there are some mornings when the sky looks like a road

there are some mornings when the sky looks like a road

there are some mornings when the sky looks like a road

there are some mornings when the sky looks like a road

there are some mornings when the sky looks like a road

good talk

love american style, truer than the red white and blue!

woodblock relief print on gessoed newspaper/mixed media

process is real

its up at 7

its loud, its allowed to be loud!

it smells like fermentation

and its real

this was when i realized i could be happy just making

TODAY

Kenneth Adkins stuff found at his website here.

Also, Tim McEvoy

Outsider art? I never can be sure, but i love it.

Kenneth Adkins

Los Angeles

detail

Hundreds of portrait photographs, head shots specifically, were carefully selected and extracted from various sources of printed media. Each portrait is unique and has been positioned purposely in regard to balance and arrangement of the composition as a whole.

Kenneth Adkins

The Mill

Kenneth Adkins

Suit Coat

2004

Wool suit coat, wood glue, and house paint on canvas.

53" x 48"

Each garment used in Wedding Dress and Suit Coat respectively, are embedded in approximately 5-6 gallons of industrial grade wood glue. The numerous layers of glue treatments blanket the entire surface. The white house paint was applied once the garment was set and the glue was dry.

DELETED WORDS: dandelion, beaver, heron, magpie, otter, acorn, clover, ivy, sycamore, willow and blackberry.

ADDED WORDS: blog, MP3 player, voice mail, electronic BlackBerry, and broadband.

These are the changes made in the latest edition of the dictionary for schoolchildren published by Oxford University Press.

The 10,000-word junior dictionary is aimed at readers around the age of seven.

The replacements were made to reflect the frequency with which the words would be used by children.

The rejection of the biological vocabulary for an electronic vocabulary provides compelling evidence of how adults are fostering alienation between children and the wondrous world of plants, rocks, critters, puddles, and twigs. Without words for the non-human realm of existence, children can’t conceptualize it. Without concepts, they can’t become familiar with it. Without familiarity, they won’t respect and preserve the dynamic forces that permit life to exist on this planet.

'Nature' words can never be obsolete. Human survival is utterly dependent upon plants and animals, water and air, soil and sun. Electronics are luxury items to enjoy after we attend to our non-human relationships. Let us retain these words before they die and require a miracle for their resurrection - if we live that long.  

(This story was reported in the Canadian Press. December 10, 2008)

and taken from the blog of Linda Weintraub, whose lecture at UMD this past Thursday was very interesting.

Ok well

Now I've got a Flickr. I don't like it because its yahoo, not google, but that is ok.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarahruggieri/

Click on the set VSC App, because the photostream isn't in the right order and I don't know how to fix that, bunk!

The photos I have up are recent works I submitted for my first residency application. I know I won't get the full scholarship I applied for, but I'm hoping I at least get in. Greg Gebhardt took all of the pictures for me. He was very professional and efficient. I'm so grateful!

School is hard, Praxis II is fast approaching, I haven't cracked the book.

Also, Phuck Photoshop, I hate sitting in front of a computer. I hate not touching the things I am making. I hate the cleanliness of it.

But so far I love woodcut relief printing. I want to take a bookbinding/papermaking class at Pyramid. I'm excited for Louise Bourgeois at the Hirshhorn at the end of this month.

can someone explain why blogger makes the images look worse than they do in my photobucket files/ how can i upload a picture so that its its actual size and not this "small, medium, large" format? the colors look so wonk

how dad can help with the baby, (click for bigger?)

be there, be a dad!

how dad can help with the baby

a loving father: does all he can to lesson physical, emotional and social problems for his children

soooo cold

that i can't move!

deedle dee deed dee dee dun dun dun

sitting in a park in paris france....

make me feel good rock and roll band, i'm your biggest fan

Sarah is

ONE 

TWO

THREE

FOUR

walking around

is my favorite thing to do EVER eVER EvER!

1. with my ipod

2. with junebug

3. bundled up

4. or barely clothed

up hills, down hills,

stairs

stopsigns,

crossing streets.

bynum!

LOVE PHTHALO

LOVE PHTHALO

LOVE PROCESS

so typical

party fun