Zodiac ( A Poem by Siddartha Beth Pierce)

At once the Universe

combusted

A mighty storm

arose

It seems the Zodiac

has taken

the less traveled

road.

Who are you,

what am I

and what about my horse

am I no longer the bull

stubborn and remorse?

Pluto has disappeared

from the planetary

system

and now I wonder

what exactly

is OUR

horoscopical

system?

Poet Siddartha Beth Pierce's Biography

Siddartha Beth Pierce was born in Fairfax, Virginia but moved to Marshall, Virginia when she was five years old.  She was raised in Fauquier and attended Fauquier High School before moving on to receive a Bachelor of Art Studio from George Mason University, a Masters of Art in Education with an emphasis in printmaking and Computer Art and Virginia Commonwealth in Richmond, Virginia.  She furthered her studies at VCU by continuing into the PhD. Program in Philosophy of Art History with a concentration in African and Contemporary Art.  Currently she is All but Dissertation (ABD).

Ms. Pierce was the Artist-in-Residence and Assistant Professor at Virginia State University in Petersburg, Virginia during 2001 wherein her art, poetry and teaching were featured on PBS, Around the Appomatox.

Her work has been shown nationally and featured in journals and magazines internationally.

In addition, to artwork, Siddartha is a poet and writer.  She has just released her second book entitled ‘I Do’ which is available via the artist.

She is a Mother, Poet, Artist, Educator and Art Historian.  Her works are informed by Nature, Math, Science, the Universal, Sub-Conscious and Metaphysical aspects we encounter throughout our lives.  She works with a variety of media including painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture and some computer graphics.

Not only is her purpose self-exploration and philosophical researches, it also reaches to you, the reader and viewer in order to illicit a response mechanism within your own circle of knowledge, heart and soul.  It is her hope that each of you may find something of value to consider and expand upon your own lives and experiences.

It is her mission to bring these works to the public with a depth that is far reaching.

Love and Light!

Photo Credit to Garth Foster