GOLDEN GATE SYNCHRONICITY / coppola to ferlinghetti to hugo

+VICTOR HUGO (SION VISION)+

>who played a major role in the knights templar<

+priory-de-sion, saint bernard, degruy history<

+NOTRE DAME GOTHIC+

+RENNES-LE-CHATEAU+

>greeted us on our san frencisco pilgrimage<

>in the world famed "city lights" bookshop<

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+THE FOG LIFTED MAGICALLY+

>just as our good ship "celebrity century" went under<

+THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE+

>on our third day aboard searching for "sacred seeds"<

>during our california-mexico spring pilgrimage<

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>the golden gate bridge is a magnificent<
+TRUSS & CABLE DESIGN+
+GIVES RADIANT GRACE+
>feat of tensile structural engineering<
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>san francisco is impressive to envision by day<
>& is transcendental seen on our ship at night<
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+CAFE ZOETROPE+
>is where artists, poets and philosophers<
>explore nirvana in francis ford coppola's<
+LATIN CREATIVITY+
+& VISION CENTER+
>columbus avenue art-film-intellect cafe<
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 >the magnificent poster for the french film<
+HULOT'S HOLIDAY+
+(DONT MISS IT)+ !
>powerfully provides dining ambience<
>(ralph bowman please take note)<
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 >another special graphic in cafe zoetrope is<
+COPPOLA AS HERO W/+
+ADMIRING BEAUTY+ ?
>this surrealistic scene w/ coppola as hero<
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 >coppola's love for his familie's italian history<
+COPPOLA=FILM DIRECTOR+
+& WINE & FOOD EXPERT+
>is found in this scholarly framed family tree<
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 >cafe zoetrope is named after "american zoetrope"<
>francis ford coppola's famed film company w/<
+ARTIST-POETS ARCHITECTURE+
+ROUND TOWER BIOTRONICS+ !
>its elegant slender round green corner building<
>found just a block from city light's bookshop<
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>"city lights" bookshop a block away is where<
+SAN FRANCISCO ARTISTS+
+>& WUN CHOK BONG<+ !
>artists, poets and philosophers gather to read<
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>ninety five year old lawrance ferlinghetti<
+HOME OF BEAT POETS+
+& DAVE'S BROTHER+ !
>still has a good sense of italian humor<
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 >degruy family, knights templar, priory de sion<
+GOOGLE : VICTOR HUGO+
+EUGENE RAY / DEGRUY+
>notre dame, saint bernard, hugo stared at us<
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>"city lights" bookshop stamped our jean paul<

>sartre book for marianne w/ a round stamp<

+EARLY BEAT POETS BOOKS+

+HAVE VERY HIGH VALUE+

>much like "shakespeare & co." in paris<

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 >synchronistically, just as our good ship "century"<
>left san francisco at night i stepped out on our<
+GOLDEN GATE OFFERS+
+TENSILE MONUMENT+ !
>balcony to snap this poignant memory of our<
>pilgrimage to the city of operatic radiance<
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+S.F. MUSEUM OF MODERN ART+

+IS CLOSED FOR TWO YEARS+

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+BUT LIVING S.F. EXPERIENCE+

+IS A RADIANT FORM OF ART+

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eugene ray, mfa, architect

professor emeritus, sdsu