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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

PRECIOUS RADIANT GRACE / so rare in a violent world


+PRECIOUS FAMILY WOMEN+
>who have aided my life are many and i have<
>written quite a lot about them in the blogs<
+RAY=STAIGG=GRUY=CAVAROC+
+BRESSE=ROY=LAMOTHE &+
>going back to the turin shroud<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+JEANNE de VERGY+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>who was given the shroud and<
>married the great french knight<
+GEOFFREY de CHARNEY+
>who built the le ray chapel for the<
+(RAY-VERGY SHROUD+
+LATER SAVOY)+
>in the de gruy-st bernard orient forest<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>gruyere castle / original gruy templar setting<
>for building rougemont monastery which<
+PRIORY de SION LINK+
+BESANCON-le RAY+
>brought link to st. bernard de clairvaux<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>my large designs like the hotel on mt.
>victoria at hong kong benefitted w/<
+PSYCHIC VISION+
>genetic memory of castle clusters<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>in 1980s i had a good friend who commissioned<
>my design for a very special yogurt shop and<
+PSYCHIC VISION+
>the result was radiant w/ light and the sound<
>of a water wall w/ tables fiber optic lighted<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>the original drawing for this shop (seen here)<
>has been given to san diego state university<
+LIBRARY ARCHIVE+
>all my drawings were made by hand, with<
>pencil on tracing paper & rendered prints<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>i formulated the sdsu environ design program<
>the year of our moon landing…this student<
+KIT OF PARTS HOUSE+
>project reflects that transcendent event<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>new orleans french fantastics formed much<
+MARDI GRAS SURREALISM+
>of my radiant design vision (ufo galvanized)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>later i fell under the magic of old venice<
+LATIN FANTASTICS+
>for which i still have the highest regard<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>i developed a collage graphic art form<
+RADIANT GRAPHICS+
>to express my devotion to this magic<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

+HOMAGE+
>to my mother gladys marie staigg ray who<
>was artistic w/ the blood of her ancestor<
+RICHARD MORRELL STAIGG+
>famed english-newport r.i. portrait painter<
>(google for his very interesting life)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>mother possessed powerful psychic ability<
+AESTHETIC VISION+
>that she passed on to our brother ranny<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>the sensual aesthetic of my biomorphics<
+RADIANT VISION+
>i credit to her talented artistic vision<
>(this is my first biomorphic design)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>mother grew up in new orleans and covington<
+FRENCH AESTHETICS+
>her love for french creole culture was huge<
>(this is one of my metaphysical graphics)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>the complex & dynamic aspect of my design<
>work reflects a similar quality our mother<
+OUR CLASS ROOM 1975 LIKE+
+HER LIVING ROOM IN 1945+
>created with her french creole artistry<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>the cavaroc french ancestors of my mother<
>were from bordeaux and were friends of<
+ODILON REDON+
>the great french painter whose fantastic<
>paintings were very surrealistic<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+SUPER REALISM IS A FACTOR+
>transcendent manifestation<
+OF MY DESIGN METAPHYSIC+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu

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