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Thursday, June 12, 2014

GRATITUDE TO SCHOLARS / prof udo kulterman's letter

+OCTOBER 16TH , 1985+
>professor udo kulterman of washington university<
>sent me a letter seeking slides of my architecture<
+PROFESSOR UDO KULTURMAN+
+WASHINGTON U. ST. LOUIS+
>for his special course in american architecture<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+MONTHS WENT BY+
>(i was distracted by publication in paris & tokyo)<
>before i realized how profound prof. kulturman's<
+(PROF KULTERMAN'S LINK+
+TO BAUHAUS SCHOLARS)+
>course in american architecture was and finally<
>sent a packet of my work including the slides<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+SCHOLARS ARE IMPORTANT/+ !
>(his notebooks for thnoc archive)<
+OUR BROTHER AS EXAMPLE+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>tonight's blog makes an effort to recognize<
>several scholars including prof. kulterman<
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>this is russell desmond an excellent new orleans<
+(RUSSELL DESMOND+
+/ NOLA SCHOLAR)+ !
>french scholar in his vieux carre "arcadia" shop<
>(russell introduced me to georgia chadwick)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>professor kulterman is now retired emeritus<
+(FIBER OPTIC RADIANT+
+TENSILE STRUCTURE)+
>prof. w/o access to my later design oeuvre<
>(this rendered print typical of my oeuvre)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >this is the group of slides sent to professor<
+(RADIANT ARCHITECTURE+
+SENT PROF. KULTERMAN)+
>udo kulterman , washington univ. st. louis<
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>these are just two of the radiant architecture<
+(RADIANT ARCHITECTURE+
+/ LOS ANGELES DESIGNS)+
>groups of documenta of my design oeuvre<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>four of my early documenta photos from<
+(METAPHYSICAL PHOTOS+
+BATON ROUGE, CREOLE)+
>my freshman year (52) tulane university<
>(our initial encounter w/ prof. lawrence)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>professor robert heck dedicated scholar of lsu<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ MAGNOLIA MOUND)+
+(also-/ PRINCE MURAT)+
>school of architecture saved this plantation<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >at tulane in new orleans, prof. bernard lemann<
+(FRESH GROWTH FROM+
+NOLA CREOLE TOMB)+
>was a great inspiration to my cavaroc interests<
>(this photo typical of my 1960s photo safaris)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>(it was bernie who found the redon link to<
>my cavaroc family via redon's sketchbook<
>he told me this while i taught at tulane 68)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>our oldest brother randolph j. ray jr. was a very<
+(COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS+
+OF ZECHARIA SITCHEN)+
>dedicated scholar for esoteric, occult research<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >my life and work was<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >(is) but a flash of light<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >in the evening sky< !
^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >four photographs taken in my lower library<
+(EUGENE RAY ARCHITECT+
+LAJOLLA ARCHIVE, 2013)+
>archive destined for thnoc & sdsu archives<
>(dave fobes/jim bourke assembled shelves)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >parlange french creole sugar plantation inspires<
+(FOR ALL OF OUR GREAT+
+LOUISIANA SCHOLARS+
+/ PARLANGE, 1750)+ !!!
>all who know its fantastic enduring long history<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+GOOGLE: EUGENE RAY / PARLANGE+
+PLANTATION+(for our 90s visit there &<
>we hope to revisit there-(late october 2014)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+HOMAGE TO GREAT LA. SCHOLARS+ !
+LAWRENCE=HECK=WILSON=LEMANN+
>(lawrence of course, includes father & son<
>many more have written excellent books<
>like john messina, lsu grad in tuscon, az)<
+CIZEK=CHRISTOVICH=DESMOND+ (etc)
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu

















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