Welcome to my ocean of dirt!
The terraces are waves
The pasture is the shoreline
This is where my mind sets sail
This is the source and
My heart aches when I’m gone too long
Longing to kiss that read dirt and
Feel the grit of it
I’m grateful for the gifts I take back from this place
The wranglers my dad left me
The pocketknife my grandmother left me
I’m grateful for the kindred spirits who
Know the magic of place
Sarah Ruth is a musician and multi-media artist in Denton, TX. She performs frequently solo and with multiple bands and improvisational ensembles. She is a University of North Texas graduate focusing on vocal studies and electroacoustic composition. Sarah curates the Joan of Bark concert series and label in Denton. She also hosts a radio program called Tiger D on KUZU broadcasting in Denton at 92.9 FM and streaming at kuzu.fm. She recently had a chapter titled “Community Building Through Collaboration,” published in Routledge‘s Art as Social Practice: Technologies for Change and her album released on Sawyer Spaces, Fellowship of the Arid Plain, was named one of Bandcamp’s ‘Best Field Recordings’ November 2023. She was most recently the recipient of the Greater Denton Arts Council microgrant to produce a book of text/graphic scores. She is also a frequent performer on the Sounds Modern series at the Ft. Worth Modern and was part of a group exhibit at the Dallas Museum of Art in 2019.