ROMAND ROOTS / counts of gruyere (1000 yrs to my work)

+GENETIC MEMORY+

>filled my psyche each time i sat down at<

>my "silver ship" drawing board & i try<

+(EACH NIGHT'S >BLOG+

+ART & LIFE SYNERGY)+

>to share my life & work w/ you via the<

>photos & text of >each night's" blog"<

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+GOOGLE+

>"S.A.S. don lorenzo de medici en toscana"<

>for the most powerful documentary video<

+(LAST MEDICI RETURNS+

+TO HIS TUSCAN ROOTS)+

 >of "genetic memory" i have ever seen &<
>can relate so >deeply w/ this syndrome<
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+TONIGHTS BLOG+
>focuses on this phenomena, especially as<
>it relates to my passion & design of villas<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+> / GENETIC MEMORY)+
>oriented to plant kingdom needs of our<
>ancestors of france, italy, swiss blood<
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 >for over 1000 years the >castle of the counts<
>of gruyere has >radiated energy into our dna<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ COUNTS OF GRUYERE)+
>memory bank & twice w/ my beloved wives<
>i have returned to soak >every essence there<
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 >little known is this >design i made for the<
>livingsto parish, louisiana >court house &<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ LIVINGSTON PARISH)+
>the parish hospital that i designed that was<
>built in a remote region e. of baton rouge<
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 >the lush, fertile >barataria region in the jungle<
>south of new orleans (see "temple" lower left)<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ BARATARIA JUNGLE)+
>is where our degruy(ere) ancestors 1st built &<
>their knights templar >dome mill on the river<
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 >the indian temple on the degruy(ere) plantation<
>expressed the mayan "genetic essence" carried<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>/ MAYAN INFLUENCE)+
>to louisiana by early yucatan immigrants who<
>transnavigated the gulf in giant dugout canoes<
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 >this california villa designed for a >sdsu professor<
>w/ powerful italian dna expresses my devotion to<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>> / PIERUCCI VILLA)+
>the romand roots of our castle genetic memory as<
>found in the medici video & this blog references<
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 >this is gruyere in the snow of the christmas<
>season (see the distant castle) & i ask you<
+(GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY /+
+CHALAMALA / GRUYERE)+
>to google my "visionary" text about this<
>castle (chalamala at an ancient christmas)<
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 >early graphics of >caffegulio in the mugello<
>bring memory of leonardo da vinci & king<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / KING RENE D'ANJOU)+
>rene de anjou who constructed the medici<
>library for the father, cosimo de medici<
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 >i don't have an image tonight of cosimo<
>de medici's villa il trebio in the mugello<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>> / COSIMO D'MEDICI)+
>it is even older then caffegulio / these 2<
>villas began the history of italian villas<
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 >the castle of "lorenzo il magnifico" in the hills<
>of the "mugello" above florence is my favorite<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+CAFFEGULIO VILLA)+
>& i once rented a car in florence to photograph<
>this magnificent villa along w/ his fathers villa<
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 >i was very impressed w/ the exterior wall<
>pebble surfacing in some of the villas of<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+TUSCAN CIVILIZATION)+
>tuscany and also w/ the very civilized<
>feeling of all people-plant symbiotics<
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 >destrehan plantation at >new orleans just up<
>river from our >foucher (degruy) plantation<
>at tulane univ-audubon park is extremely<
+(GOOGLE :>> EUGENE RAY /+
+DESTREHAN PLANTATION)+
>important to the history of new orleans<
>as it is as a link to our degruy ancestors<
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>little did i know all this when i opened<
>my architectural office in the autumn<
>of 1959 / it took ten years of intense<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / AUTUMN 1959 OFFICE)+
>internet research to reveal the facts i<
>share nightly (all well documented)<
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+FIVE YEARS INTENSE DESIGN+
+& CONSTRUCTION OF EARLY+
+MODERN ARCHITECTURE IN+
>(scholarship gave me a<
>leadership role in the<
>1st modern concepts<
>north of new orleans)<
+MY >ANCESTORS MILIEU 35+
+MILES N. OF NEW ORLEANS+
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>dean lawrence saw my early<
>architecture when he drove<
>through covington in 1960<
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+(HE HIRED ME >IN 1967<+
+IT WAS IN >THE STARS)+
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu