METAPHYSICS & ARCHITECTURE / move over carl, chris is here

+CHRIS JUNG & DAVE FOBES+
>(move over carl jung, chris is here)<
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>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<

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 +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<)

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>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<

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+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)

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 >the silver ship earned the greatest international<
(+TEN COUNTRY RECOGNITION+
+EXHIBITION & PUBLICATION+)
>recognition of any structure in lajolla california<
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 >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<

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>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<
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>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<
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>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<

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>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<
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>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<
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 >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<
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>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<
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>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<
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 >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<
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>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<

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>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<
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+TO YESTERDAYS BLOG MAY I ADD<
(>lou zinstag, carl jungs cousin was<
>a close friend of george adamski<)
+CARL JUNG WROTE A UFO BOOK+ !
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu