Eugene Ray SDSU 1970's

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

Monday, March 10, 2014

METAPHYSICS & ARCHITECTURE / move over carl, chris is here


+CHRIS JUNG & DAVE FOBES+
>(move over carl jung, chris is here)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>were close old friends from redlands california<
>chris was a poet and dave was a musician as<
>i hired them to help me build that special<
+SILVER SHIP+
>on the "unbuildable" site in seaside lajolla<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 +MARIO LARA, JACK HOUSTON &+
+DENNIS WOODARD ALSO STARS+
(>of that brave effort w/ 45, 000 dollars in<
>hand borrowed from a tough lender who<
+SITE $ ALSO BORROWED+
>possibly thought they could get the land<
>after the "impossible" scheme lost it all<)
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>chris who is a famed builder in los angeles<
>today w/ the great lautner chemosphere<
+POET-MAGICIAN+
>house restoration under his belt, would<
>read poetry to us at our lunch break<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                      
+DAVE FOBES (right) w/ RALPH BOWMAN+
>both SDSU-ED alums have been tremendous friends<
>of support in my "resurrection" w/ this nightly blog<
+BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY+
>(dave was a first year behind the scenes webmaster<
ralph like jim bourke & brother ed, fabulous friends)
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >the silver ship earned the greatest international<
(+TEN COUNTRY RECOGNITION+
+EXHIBITION & PUBLICATION+)
>recognition of any structure in lajolla california<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >early one morning, as my family slept in, i<
>took this photo which DOMUS published<
(+MILAN ITALY 1981+
+EUROPE'S BEST+)
>in the first "ship"european publication<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>dave fobes (left) w/ one of his spectacular art<
>works joined by jim bourke who together<
+ASSEMBLED MY LIBRARY+
+SHELVES IN ONE DAY+ !!!
>have been the greatest friends one could<
>ever possibly have on this planet earth<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>these friends with many other kind alums<
>have befriended me in many ways even<
(+GRUY TEMPLAR HISTORY+
+IN THE ORIENT FOREST+)
>accepting my love of french art and its<
>link with our history in old europe<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>perhaps the hardest aspect of my blog for<
>alum and friends to accept is my family<
(+LERAY CHAPEL IN+
+ORIENT FOREST+)
>link w/ christian history like this gruy<
>family link w/ the shroud of turin<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>for me the hardest aspect of the blog research<
>is the egocentric focus of the body of data<
(+IT ALL AMAZES ME+
+AS MUCH AS YOU+)
>but i make clear that i was only an agent<
>for this oeuvre and its complex history<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>it is my greatest joy that those kind alums<
>who helped me build the silver ship have<
(+REALIZATION OF A DEEP+
+ARCHITECTURAL VALUE+)
>all gone on to have excellent careers and<
>have expressed their personal gratitude<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >my personal gratitude is profoundly associated<
>with the pedagogical aspect of my career with<
(+BUCKMINSTER FULLER+
+CONGRESS LECTURE+)
>the exhibitions, publications and lectures that<
>gave me the ability to spread the word<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>this is typical of the color slide lecture plates<
>of the silver ship structure that i gave to the<
(+RECENTLY SDSU HAS MADE+
+AN ORAL HISTORY TAPE+) !
>san diego state university library archive &<
>await funding to be digitally reproduced<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>in addition to my architectural graphics i<
>am donating my metaphysical graphics<
(+METAPHYSIC GRAPHICS+
+COLLAGE MAIL ART+)
>to sdsu library archives and historic<
>new orleans archives when i die<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >it is my understanding that the historic new<
>orleans collection may aid the process of<
(+MY GRATITUDE TO JOHN+
+LAWRENCE & ROB RAY+)
 >digitally recording the slide lecture that
>i gave in many countries over seas<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>this rare photograph of my first constructed<
>building, a church at the east louisiana state<
(+TYPICAL EARLY LOUISIANA+
+PHOTO FROM MY 1953 WORK+)
>hospital in jackson, louisiana is typical of<
>the slide imagery that awaits reproducing<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 


>there are over 100 hand made drawings of<
>the silver ship design development w/ this<
(+PRISMA COLOR RENDERING+
+ON BLUEPRINT GRAPHICS+)
>group a few of those that were selected<
>for ozalid prints of lithographic negs<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+TO YESTERDAYS BLOG MAY I ADD<
(>lou zinstag, carl jungs cousin was<
>a close friend of george adamski<)
+CARL JUNG WROTE A UFO BOOK+ !
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu

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