>my two wives marian & marianne<
>who provided the inspiration<
>for everything i ever did<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+TEMPLE OF THE COSMIC+
+V I S I T A T I O N+
^^^^^^^^^
>in addition to the architectural side<
>of my creative life there was a side<
+PHOTO-COLLAGE+
>devoted to the inner essence of<
>being that drove the work<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+WHO ARE WE=WHERE ARE WE FROM+
+WHERE DO WE GO-WHAT DID WE DO+
+WHAT DID WE LEARN+
^^^^^^^^^^^^
>is the pentagon of my<
>large oeuvre of<
+METAPHYSICAL GRAPHICS+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>degruy essays i wrote were<
+FIVE YEARS+
>devoted to this search<
^^^^^^^^^^^^
+TONIGHT' PHOTOS+
>take us back to the year<
+1955+
>when marian, my first wife and i<
>were married and went to<
+RADIANT MEXICO+
^^^^^^^^^^
+S T O R E+
>"temple of the cosmic visitation"<
(ref. to the 1947 ufo sighting)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+MAGIC MILIEU+
>is a key vernacular folk monument<
+PHOTO-COLLAGE+
>metaphor of my genetic memory<
>of french ancestors life on<
+SUGAR PLANTATIONS+
^^^^^^^^^^^
>photo portrait of her radiant beauty<
>w/ my new leica camera upon our<
+HONEYMOON 1955+
>return from mexican wonders<
>teotihuacan to cuernavaca<
+ENTHRALLED+
>taxco and mexico city<
^^^^^^^^^^^
>revealed<
+PYRAMID OF THE SUN+
^^^^^^^^^^^^
>this experience was the apocalypse<
+REVELATION+
>of our youthful pilgrimage and<
>influenced the rest of our lives<
+PROFOUND LOCUS+
>including our san diego final<
>locus of life and work<
^^^^^^^^^^
+S E C R E T S+
^^^^^^
>marian at teotihuacan w/ symbols<
>of the amazing ingrediants of<
+LIFE'S ALCHEMY+
>ufo mothership/organics and<
+CREATIVE VISIONS+
>biomorphics and a modern<
+SUGAR PLANTATION+
^^^^^^^^^^^
+1 9 5 5+
+JOURNEY SOUTH+
^^^^^^^^^
>the high point of our young lives<
>was to unite our bodies for the<
>first time in the amazing<
+R A D I A N CE+
>of beautiful, romantic mexico<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+IT IS NOT SURPRISING THAT+
+THE FRENCH ADORED+
+OLD MEXICO+
^^^^^^^
>auguste le plongeon was one of<
>many french pilgrims to come<
>to the wonders of mexico<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+GUSTAVE EIFFEL+
>built a fabulous church in the<
>tropics of baja california<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+MILIEU OF MY LAST+
+MAJOR PROJECT+
^^^^^^^^^
(>eco mundo the organic resort<
>near muleje, baja california<)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+POSTSCRIPT+
>radiant marian died of cancer<
>after forty eight years of<
+2 0 0 3+
>marriage that took us<
>many times to<
+BEAUTIFUL MEXICO+
^^^^^^^^^^
>both of my wives have enriched<
+DEEP GRATITUDE+
>my heart, soul and psyche<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+THE WORK COULD NOT HAVE+
>inspiration<
+HAPPENED W/O THEM+
^^^^^^^^^^^^
(>shall write about<
>marianne soon<)
^^^^^^^
gene ray, lajolla, california
>eugene ray, mfa, architect<
>professor emeritus, sdsu<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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