One has a choice after a TBI: to laugh or to cry. Artist Ginny Ruffner thinks a TBI is like the universe having a really wicked sense of humor ... but she shows that determination and humor can outmatch any challenge.
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.
![Ginny Ruffner](https://www.brainline.org/sites/default/files/migrated/ruffner_face_1.jpg)