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A Feast Of Words And Images
Constellation: Karen Pierce Gonzalez
Her Favourite Constellation
My favorite constellation? In this sky of ours, a heavenly net of diamonds, rubies, sapphires, and emeralds, Scorpius (Scorpio) is among my most favorite. At its heart is Antares, an evolved, binary star system that includes a supergiant red star often likened to the planet Mars. What I love is its association with Lisin, a Mesopotamian mother goddess associated with fire and its recognition in Ancient Egypt as the scorpion goddess Serket who could heal as well as deliver venomous stings. Far-reaching in its mythology ,its Ancient Greek name translates into ‘rival of Ares’ (the god of war). In other words, Antares is NOT a celestial body one want’s to mess around with. What’s not to like about such a powerful stellar force?
Karen Pierce Gonzalez
is an award-winning writer whose work has appeared in numerous print and online publications, radio shows, and podcasts. Her chapbooks include Coyote in the Basket of My Ribs (Kelsay Books), True North and Sightings from a Star Wheel (Origami Poems Project), and forthcoming Down River with Li Po (Black Cat Poetry Press). Writing credits also include several short plays staged through Fringe Festival of Marin (USA).
With degrees in creative writing, anthropological linguistics, and folklore, she is also a former journalist and folklore columnist who now hosts a quarterly ‘Get Ekphrastic with Folk Art’ blogzine on FolkHeart Press. Other current projects include a series of videos based upon 1) original folktales/legends and 2) imagined prequels/sequels to fables and fairy tales.
Her visual artistry focuses primarily upon assemblage art based upon elements found in nature (tree bark, bird nests, etc.). To date, 50+ of her art pieces, including six cover images, have been or are scheduled to be published in a range of literary journals/magazines.
And she gets to do all that in the verdant rural landscape of San Francisco’s North Bay.
Links: linktr.ee/KPGFolkHeart
An in depth interview of Karen will follow later in this issue.