Eugene Ray SDSU 1970's

Eugene Ray SDSU 1970's
Eugene Ray 1970's. photo credit: Tom Davis

Sunday, November 11, 2012

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVE FOBES !!! boy from redlands to super man-MULTI-TALENT SPHERE DYNAMO ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^5 PHOTOS REVEAL AMAZING ET PHENOMINA in OUR PRESENCE ! fabulous sdsu/ed class projects = STAR of vision/design/humanity ! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^SILVER SHIP CONSTRUCT ALUM= my friend and blog master lives= for radiant rocio, art & friends !!!

             

         +HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVE+ !
              >"thirty" year old dynamo<
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

                +SILVER SHIP ALUMS+
                      >left to right<
                +DENNIS WOODARD+
                      +DAVE FOBES+
                      +EUGENE RAY+
                       +CHRIS JUNG+
                            ^^^^^^
        +MARIO LARA & JACK HOUSTON+
          >(not present for photograph)<
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
          >photographed at dave's 30th<
              +BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION+ !
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
         >i have often told the story of my<
          >building a house w/ 2 different<
           >breed of carpenter/craftsmen<
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
           +ONE AN OPTIMIST THE OTHER+
                 +A DEDICATED PESIMIST+
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
            >the former believed nothing<
             >could work/the latter made<
                   +EVERYTHING WORK+
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^
          >alumnus, friend, artist, designer<
            >scholar, musician & craftsman<
                     +"EXTRAODINAIRE"+
             >dave is the king of optimists<
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^

                     +I N V E S T M E N T+
       >yesterday i gave a modest check to<
            >the san diego state university<
              +CAMPANILE FOUNDATION+
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
            >so that the slides of my work<
               >shown all over the world<
                 >can be quality scanned<
                          ^^^^^^^^^^
          +DAVE SUGGESTED THE SCANS+
           +TO AID FUTURE PUBLISHING+
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
           >you can understand my faith<
               >in leaving my oeuvre in<
                     +DAVIDS CHARGE+
          >i am very grateful for his deep<
               >interest in this life's work<
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
          +ROCIO, DAVE'S RADIANT BRIDE+
             >and talented partner in life<
               >has also earned my deep<
                      +G R A T I T U D E+
                           ^^^^^^^^^
                     >california futures<
                         ^^^^^^^^^^
            +SDSU SPECIAL COLLECTIONS+
        >mr robert ray (no direct relation)<
                         +IN CHARGE+
            >is and shall ultimatly be the<
              >final custodian of my work<
                     >made in california<
                           ^^^^^^^^^
             +DAVE FOBES IN CHARGE OF+
                 +FUTURE PUBLICATIONS+
                     +AND EXHIBITIONS+
                           ^^^^^^^^^
           >lets take a look at this special<
                >alumnus on his birthday
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

                   +TONIGHT'S PHOTOS+
            >happy birthday misterfobes<
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

       #1)          +REUNION 2012+
      >ralph bowman (left) my student asst<
         >during the difficult 1975 historic<
           >preservation battle and dave<
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                   +"RUBIOS" TERRACE+
       >was our venue as they advised me<
        >to publish and give sdsu my work<
           >expanding the emails to blogs<
                 >reaching more people<
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^
            +DAVE MADE THE EFFORT TO+
                         >daily activity<
                 +BRING IT TO FRUITION+
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^


        #2)     +SDSU/ED EXHIBITION+
      >bright corner of our environ design<
          >exhibition with dave's graphics<
                          +MID 1970s+
               >lighting up the wall with<
                      >audacious visions<
                           ^^^^^^^^^


       #3)     +SDSU/ED EXHIBITION+
    >even after graduation dave's graphic<
         >wit offered a lightened touch to<
                         +EARLY 1980s+
              >otherwise profound visions<
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                 +NOTICE THE HAIRDOO+
                         >flying saucer< ?
                  +LADY IN UPPER RIGHT+
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^
          (>dave is very impressed w/ wun
            >chok bong's "god's machines")
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^


       #4)      +SDSU/ED EXHIBITION+
     >that is my smiling student assisstant<
      >jim bourke on right (dynamo also)<
                          +MID 1990s+
            >the environ design logo sign<
               >was made by dave fobes<
                      >a decade earlier<
                           ^^^^^^^^
         +JIM & DAVE COLLABORATED TO+
                    >shall give to sdsu<
            +BUILD MY LIBRARY SHELVES+
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
       (>notice radiant synergetics plates<
           >in the foreground w/ tensile<
                         +TABLE TOP+
              >structure by mfa alumnus<
                   >arathy rangswamy<)
                        ^^^^^^^^^^


       #5)            +SILVER SHIP+
                       +P O R T R A I T+
                            ^^^^^^^
      >of dave was made by jack houston<
        >during the days of construction<
            >and expresses the spiritual<
                >poetic side of our very<
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^
             +CONCERTED DEDICATION+
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
             (>thanks much dave/mario/<
                 >chris/jack and dennis<)
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^
                     +FLASH OF LIGHT+
                             >in the<
                       +EVENING SKY+
                            ^^^^^^^
                gene ray, lajolla, california

               >eugene ray, mfa, architect<
                >professor emeritus, sdsu<
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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