Eugene Ray SDSU 1970's

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

Monday, March 2, 2015

MAGICIANS ON 3RD ST / templar domes in the fields

+HOLY BLOOD / HOLY GRAIL /+
>(google : eugene ray<
>/ mother ship, ufo)<
+BATON ROUGE, SPRING 1947+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>latiles stationary store & claiters book shop<
>in baton rouge of 1947 were 2 important<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ BATON ROUGE CHILD)+
>centers of my interests in cosmic vision<
>as i had >seen an amazing UFO craft< 
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+THIRD ST., BATON ROUGE WAS+
+"REALITY"…BUT IT WAS PARIS+
>(our home was a refuge of<
>french >art & architecture)<
+THAT REALLY >LIGHTED LIFE+
+THANKS CAVAROC >MEMERE+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>long before i went to >nicholson school<
>memere was teaching reading in french<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>/ PARIS MAGICIANS)+
>history books and i was discovering the<
>parisian "magicians of the boulevards"<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>long before new york interested me >paris was<
>mecca in our household as memere went there<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+ / FRENCH SURREALISTS)+
>every summer w/ her parents, many siblings &<
>servents.../ magicians were in the boulevards<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>the latin-moorish link was strong in our cavaroc<
>DNA (via bordeaux) and degruy DNA via a<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / GAUDI & DELAUNAY)+
>spanish link of >dukes of pamplona (d'aulnay)<
>who married w/ the degruy / magny fouchard<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >this artist latin cavaroc blood from bordeaux<
>(lascaux cave héritage) came from memere's<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>> / ODILON REDON)+
>daughter gladys, our mother / parisian french<
>& latin culture spread in our house profusely<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >the >fantastic< films of jean cocteau linked to<
>our bresse heritage at villefranche sur mer and<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>> / JEAN COCTEAU)+
>my favorite cap ferret peninsula / cocteau as<
>templar / surrealist muralist of a chapel there<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >third street, baton rouge in 1947 / our father's<
>office w/ metropolitan life on right corner &<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>>/ JUNGLE SAFARI)+
>ted tyler's newsstand around corner, source<
>of my model railroad & photo / safari  mags<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >this great templar tower at chateau latour<
>vineyard at bordeaux (vinyard magazine)<
+(GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY+
+/ TEMPLAR SUGAR MILL)+
>excites my cavaroc genetic memory and<
>relates strongly to the degruy dome mill<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >count klossowski de rola (aka balthus) the great<
>french fantasy templar painter (w/ his japanese<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ BALTHUS TEMPLARS)+
>wife) remodeled the >largest wood chalet near<
>gruyere into a secret >knights templar enclave<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >the presentation of transcendental manifestations<
>became a >fascination of mine at san diego state<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>/ SDSU EXHIBITIONS)+
>university and i always strived to present my<
>work in dark >lighted by ultra violet light<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>french cinema was the first presented to a paying<
>audience and this was in paris (marianne and i<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>/ FRENCH CINEMA)+
>visited the theatre, our last trip) >surrealism &
+fantastics was always an >important theme< !
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>jean cocteau's surrealist cinema is fabulous<
>and transcendental….henri langois was a<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>/ HENRI LANGOIS)+
>great visionary founder of the >parisian<
>cinémathèque francaise muséum-theatre<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>paris is a fabulous center for the >fantastic<
>arts of super realism and the >count de st.<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ COUNT ST. GERMAIN)+
>germain thrived in that >milieu as i did in<
>more then 35 pilgrimages of devoted link<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>lecorbusier was genetically powerful for me<
>w/ his templar, french swiss heritage & it is<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+MARIANNE COUTURIER)+
>synchronistic that his great patron fr pierre<
>couturier relates to our degruy-couturier<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>it is the organic, biomorphic side of corbu<
>that appeals to me (don't miss his church<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>/ CORBU / BRUSSELS)+
>at ronchamp near the ray chateau) / this<
>giant slide in his brussels >tensile tent<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+SYNCHRONISTICALLY+
>corbu's "electronic poem" tensile structure<
>in the brussels worlds fair links his design<
+(GENETIC MEMORY+
+DNA LINKS US ALL)+
>with mine for the new orleans city park<
>arboretum in a >park expansion effort<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+AMAZINGLY I DID NOT KNOW+
>(google : eugene ray<
>city park arboretum)<
+of HIS DESIGN OR HE of MINE+ !
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu

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