BRUCE GOFF / links with the cosmos

+BRUCE GOFF+

>and i shared several interesting factors<

>that only now have i reflected on and<

+SYNCHRONICITY+

>shall do my best to share with you<

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+PROFESSOR+

>we both became professors without a<

>degree but bruce goff was even more<

+(PROFESSOR BRUCE GOFF+

+BECAME HEAD OF OK. U.+

+ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL)+ !

>eccentric then i / he hadn't gone<

>to a university of any kind at all< !

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+ARTISTRY+

>was important in our life activities and<

>architecture always met that vision of<

+FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT+

+/ "MODUS OPERANDI"+

>each building valued as an art work<

>& incorporating art in each project<

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 >this rare and special photo captures the moment<
>a 20 year old "child prodigy" architect is made<
+(BRUCE GOFF / WORLD+
+CLASS ARCHITECT, '24)+
>into a world class cosmic conscious genius<
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 >the 20 year old apprentice architect bruce goff<
>carries color mural design renderings under<
+(BRUCE GOFF, WORLD+
+CLASS ARTIST, 1924)+
>his arm as he heads for a vital presentation<
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>the boston avenue methodist episcopal church<
>in tulsa oklahoma, completed in 1926 made<
+(GOFF & I BOTH GIVEN A+
+CHURCH DESIGN /age 20)+
>the young apprentice architect, bruce goff,<
>famous & fueled his love for architecture<
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 >the most interesting link between bruce goff and<
>myself is the composer claude debussy who mr<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ CLAUDE DEBUSSY)+
>goff reveered for his music and i w/ his link to<
>the priory-de-sion & my gruy templar family<
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 >this is the bruce goff i remember fondly as<
>i visited him in his impressive office high,
>up in the frank lloyd wright price tower<
+GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+MEETING BRUCE GOFF+
>in bartlesville as we made our 1st trip<
>west visiting wright & goff buildings<
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 >this eloquent grave marker for bruce goff was<
>designed by his talented alum grant gustafson<
+(GLASS CULLETS ARE+
+/ OF WASTE GLASS)+
>in chicago and a glass cullet from the price<
>house by goff (burnt down) was installed<
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 >as a westerner, bruce goff had the opportunity<
>to work with stone, which unfortunately was<
+(BRUCE GOFF / MASTER+
+of BIOMORPHIC STONE)+
>not available to me in louisiana & he used it<

>well in several fine projects like this one<

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 >it was in that ruth ford biotronic spherical<
>life magazine house that bruce goff was<
+(GOFF USED EVERYTHING+
+/ EVEN ASHTRAY LIGHTS)+
>at his spectacular best using >black coal<
>along the inside of its curved front wall<
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>stone of all types was used by bruce goff<
>in several key projects & one must think<
+(HUGH DUNCAN HOUSE+
+COBHAM, ILLINOIS, '65)+
>he was interested in biotronic radiance<
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 >stone became bruce goff;s main medium<
>of constructian and this marvelous house<
+(SAUCER ROOMS HANGING+
+IN A BIOTRONIC VORTEX)+
>made him the focal of much admiration<
>(bavinger house w/ cosmic orientation)<
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>edgar varese the heroic inventive french<
>modern composer was another of the<
+(FRENCH MODERN MUSIC+
+LINKED OUR PASSIONS)+
>french visionaries linking mr goff & i<
>(gifted him w/ a mithras shop 331/3)<
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>i shall always remember finding this very<
>eccentric building using a special map<
+WASTE GLASS CULLETS+
+/ BROUGHT LIGHT IN+
>that bruce goff drew for us in 1963<
>(was only a minor school building)<
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+IT IS A >SPECTACULAR< EVENT+
+SEEING WHAT A MASTER CAN+
>(no building too minor<
>for masters best work)<
+DO FOR A" MINOR" BUILDING+
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu