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Chicago, IL

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I was born and raised in Chicago, IL. and lived there most of my adult life. I attended and graduated from the the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) with a B.A. in philosophy with a minor in geology.

One of my favorite periods in history is the Enlightenment, and one of my favorite philosophers from that period is Immanuel Kant. I'm a lover of the arts, especially painting and drawing and am well versed in the history of art. I used to paint in oil and watercolor as well as draw with pencil, pen and ink. I currently do abstract digital art.

After graduating from UIC, I took classes in astronomy at the Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum in Chicago, IL. I am now one of the last, living, life, governing members of the Adler Planetarium. I am also a lifetime member of the University of Illinois Illumni Association.

I love classical music, especially the music of the Baroque period by such composers as J.S. Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, just to name a few. I also love Rock music from the sixties and seventies. I love English literature and have written poetry in the past--a sample of which you can read below.

Stargazer

Beneath the first of three stars in a row,
where lie the remnants of giants long dead,
I caught the light of a nebulous glow--
A glow that gave rise to an equine head.
So grand it seems that from this cosmic pair
of stellar nursery and stellar grave,
worlds will emerge, lit by a new star’s glare--
Phoenixes reborn from the lives they gave.
I pondered this cloud with great persistence
and found a glimmer of an answer long sought
to the question of our own existence.
By travel-weary photons I’ve been taught
that the cosmos created eyes in me
so it can gaze and have itself to see.

 

                                      Eric Francis Diaz

 

Copyright © 2001 Eric F. Diaz

 

Favorite Quotes:

 

 

“Out yonder there was this huge world, which exists independently of us human beings and which stands before us like a great, eternal riddle, at least partially accessible to our inspection and thinking. The contemplation of this world beckoned like a liberation.” - Albert Einstein

 

“The past history of our globe must be explained by what can be seen to be happening now. No powers are to be employed that are not natural to the globe, no action to be admitted except those of which we know the principle.” - James Hutton

 

"If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must man be of learning from experience." - George Bernard Shaw

 

"If we have learned anything from history, it is that human beings are completely incapable of learning anything from history!" - Unknown (Possibly Shaw)

 

Mortal Combat

 

A word to the wise....before you engage in mortal combat, then you had better be prepared to lose your own life. But more importantly, before you engage in mortal combat you had better be prepared for the internal consequneces of taking the life of another human being. After that you had better be damned well prepared to kill with impunity and with the greastest profincency in order to defend your own life from then on. Only then can you become a true killer. But those of us who can kill with great efficency can also akways be killed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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