RENNES LE CHATEAU / blanchefort-dagobert-voisin castle

+CASTLES ARE THE INSPIRATION+

>(strong, spacious, inspiring<

>links w/ cosmic insights<

>perfect artist's studios)<

+FOR RADIANT ARCHITECTURE+

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>picasso is buried today at his last castle<

+CHATEAU VAUVENARGUES+

+CASTLE OF PICASSO & THE+

>(anjou/savoy/berenger/gruy)<

+COUNTS OF PROVENCE+

>studio an ancient south of france "pile"<

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+SILVER SHIP STUDIO+

+WAS the ULTIMATE+

>lajolla radiance<

+"CASTLE" STUDIO+

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 >much gratitude to sdsu students who<

>helped me build it and to my family<

+(1980 TO 2005 / VITAL+

+DESIGN CONCEPTS)+

>who shared 25 years there w/ me<

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 >my vineyard chateau decentralized villa<
>for the pierucci family built high above<
+CONSTRUCTION PHOTO /+
+CHILDREN'S WING, 1981+
>the wild animal park at escondido ca<
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>two of my california villas inspired by<
>a deep love for french castles such as<
+GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ROEBLING VILLA+
>picasso's studio at vauvernargues<
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>ruinous castles such as the one at rennes<
>le château south of carcasonne have a<
+(ANCIENT GRUY LINK W+
+DAGOBERT TEMPLARS)+
>special place in my lexicon of love<
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>magritte like picasso, balthus & many other<
>french painters were fascinated w/ castles<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ KING RENE de ANJOU)+
>& their links w/ troubadour courtly love<
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 >over 100 design drawings, working drawings<
>and studies were made during a year of my<
+(SILVER SHIP WORKING+
+DRAWINGS 1977-78)+
>sabbatical leave from san diego state univ<
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 >the silver ship castle studio home provided<
>many years of radiant genetic memory and<
+GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ SILVER SHIP STUDIO+
>links into the cosmos and ancient france<
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 >two pages of four featured in the japanese<
+(SAME YEAR as my PARIS+
+BIENNALE EXHIBITION)+
>architectural journal A+U autumn 1985+
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 >my sixty plus years of work invokes empathy<
>w/ some of you out there in the deep night of<
+(DEEP EMPATHY w/ 60'S+
+FRIENDS JOHN & TANIA)+
>time/space as we hurtle into our dna destiny<

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 >close friends & alumni jim and mabel bourke<
>woke up one morning in france to see this<
+(SDSU DESIGN GRAD FINDS+
+HISTORY NEAR HIS CAMP)+
>fabulous carcasonne from their camp site<
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>the ruinous blanchefort castle at rennes le<
>chateau is a fabulous study for scholars<
+(VOISIN-DAGOBERT LINKS+
+IN THE TEMPLAR CASTLE)+
>who wish to discover templar secrets<
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 >father saunter's personal print of the vital<
>"shepherds of arcadia" painting linked<
+(MEROVINGIAN SECRET+
+SCROLLS IN CHURCH)+
>R.L.C. w/ dagobert merovingian dna<
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 >at rennes le château one discovers fantastic<
>introduction to the secret world of father<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+MEROVINGIAN DNA)+
>saunier's link w/ dagobert, templar secrets<
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+(NOTE: i just noticed that suzan resnick's<
>SDSU interview w/ me is now found on<
+(MY DEEP GRATITUDE+
+to PROF. ROBERT RAY)+
>the internet via this GOOGLE search)<
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+TULANE UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE+
+BRINGS SAD NEWS OF DEATH OF+
>john was our 1967-69 colleague<
>(while earning my mfa degree)<
+ARTIST FRIEND JOHN CLEMMER+
+(JOHN WAS MULTI-TALENTED)+

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eugene ray, mfa, architect

professor emeritus, sdsu