Soul Machine - Tapa dura

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Díaz’s work is an epic in itself, a vast cosmology that combines Biblical guilt and pain with the discovery of the essence of life and science. These almost-contradictory strains reflect the same pressures and revelations as the Enlightenment itself as the logical patterns of physical science, philosophy, and consciousness contrast with images of venerable and esoteric religious beliefs. The perfection of Díaz’s graphic work combines the basis of alchemic schema and metaphysical theory with his personal lexicon, steeped in both religion and humanism, which lifts it out of its medieval context and straight into our own world of the twenty-first century. - John MaizelsBeyond the artwork, what Díaz builds is a mystical vortex of colliding ideas. The first entity Díaz invites in is that of the Soul and all of its transcendent expressions. Soulfulness is an ethereal quest usually wrought with faint hope and ephem- eral expectations. Most of humanity sees the soul as a part of the human that is only given any respect when a man is dead. “May his soul rest in peace” is a platitude cast out like a fishing line after death proclaims victory. Usually said in hushed tones with a tinge of uncertainty that pinches the inner lip of the one who has muttered the phrase. But is that truly what the Soul is? Could it be more magnificent than what our human logic can contain? Díaz believes that the Soul is greater than the sum of its parts, as witnessed in his artwork. - Teresa Rodriguez