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Sunday, April 6, 2014

INTO THE LIGHT / for roger, nancy and courtney


+ROGER UTT & NANCIE GREENFIELD+
>were stars of our early design classes at sdsu<
>and they got married & courtney was born<
+EARTH LIFE IS BRIEF+
>& SADLY TENUOUS+
>sadly courtney has just passed into the light<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+THINKING OF COURTNEY &+
>those left behind are lost<
>in their loving memories<
+ROGER & NANCIE TONIGHT+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^



 >these are some of our projects when<
+LIGHT-COLOR-ENERGY+
+RADIANT CONCEPTS+
>roger and nancie were our students<
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >i used to watch the sunset at baton rouge<
+THE UFO CAME FROM+
+THE WEST IN 1947+
>and dream of design-build in california<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >california has been good to me and my<
+RESEARCH & TEACHING+
+INTERNATIONAL SCOPE+
>family and i am forever very grateful<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >roger and nancy's loss of daughter courtney<
>reminds me of the loss of my first wife<
+MARIAN OLSEN RAY+
>who i constructed two houses for<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>the second of the two "the silver ship" was<
+BOTH CONSTRUCTED+
+W/ SMALL BUDGETS+
>the most difficult as it was on a steep slope<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+ROGER HELPED EARLY ON+
+& HE & NANCY CAME TO+
+OUR GROUNDBREAKING+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>i must remind them that marian came to me<
>the night she died, turning our bedroom<
+SOMEHOW I HAD A+
+GOOD FEELING+ !!!
>lights on three times in the long night<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >the work i have produced is the best<
+ONLY AN AGENT+
>that i can do on this spaceship earth<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+DEDICATED TO THOSE+
>they are always with us<
>(courtney-marian sight)<
+LOVED / IN THE LIGHT+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu

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