THE SPICE OF LIFE / art, architecture, life / a synergy

+TWO LIVES+

>i have been blessed to experience a life<

>with two wives because of the passing<

+(MARIAN & MARIANNE+

+TWO BLESSED WIVES)+

>of my first wife after 48 years marriage<

>(a profound and poignant experience)<

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 +ART & ARCHITECTURE+
>in addition to two wives, have been my<
>devoted passion and this blog tries to<
+(SYNERGETIC RADIANCE+
+ART as LIFE-LIFE as ART)+
>share all of this as much as possible<
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+SCHOLARSHIP+

>also means much to me and as i look<

>back, as a small boy the great event<

+(BATON ROUGE LIBRARY+

+CONSTRUCTION IN 1938)+ 

>of my early life was the building of<

>baton rouge's library a block away<

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 +THEY HAD TO CHANGE THE+
+LIBRARY RULES SO I COULD+
>(librarians were tired of<
>checking my books out)<
+TAKE OUT BOOKS ONLY+
+ONE TIME A DAY+ !!!
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>my annual four panel exhibitions in the sdsu<
>faculty exhibition was a progenitor of this<
+(MY ANNUAL EXHIBITION+
+/ COMBINED ART & LIFE)+
>blog in combining >art-architecture-life<
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 >my architectecture & art studios combined<
>several drawing stations along with much<
+(RESEARCH HAS BEEN+
+IMPORTANT TO ME)+
>library shelving all over the studio house<
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 >this design made w/ the aid of my grad<
>student chikako terada represents much<
+(CLUSTER ORGANIZATION /+
+REFLECTS NATURE'S WAY)+
>research into openable suite spheroids<
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>my design of the peak hotel competition<
>for the city of hong kong was based on<
+(OPENABLE SUITES FOR+
+HOTEL COMPETITION)+
>much thought in regard to bio-morphs<
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 >i treasure this historical photo of marian<
>with dundee our scottish terrior and my<
+(THE SPICE OF LIFE /+
+IS VERY PRECIOUS)+
>favorite all time car, a triumph TR-3<
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 >collage graphics based on research has been<
>an important part of my professional artistic<
+(PURPLE  GALLINULE+
+AS AN EXOTIC ICON)+
>oeuvre and this purple gallinule was vital<
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>louisiana wildlife research has mean't much<
>to my professional and personal ability to<
+(THE JUNGLE IS VITAL+
+& VERY ESSENTIAL)+ !
>understand a basis for louisiana organics<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >this collaged xerox photo graphic enlarged to<
>about 3 feet wide expresses the vital color in<
(+RADIANT COLOR /+
+RADIANT CAPRI+)
>the marina "pocola" on the island of capri<
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 >the famous thirties red concrete resort structure<
>on the backside of the island of capri has been<
+(ARCHITECTURAL ARCHETYPE+
+/ FUELS PROTOTYPE SEARCH)+
>important to my european resort research<
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 >current architectural students in sweden<
>reflect our sdsu architectural theory of<
+(TENSILE BIOMORPHICS+_
+REFLECTS OUR LEAD)+
>45 years ago w/ tensile biomorphics<
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 >the london times literary journal has been<
>my favorite pulse of enlightened english<
+(ENGLISH THINKERS ARE+
+SPECIAL IN MY SEARCH)+
>thinking for most of my long adult life<
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 >this excellent article addresses the history<
>of the word "picturesque" as used in the<
+("PINTURA" AS BASIS+
+FOR"PICTURESQUE")+
>latin influence in english landscapes<
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 >this article by my favorite architectural critic,<
>reyner banham, reflects his brilliant thinking<
+(REYNER BANHAM WAS+
+/ UK'S LEADING LIGHT)+
>that led to my invitation for his sdsu lecture<
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+THE SPICE OF LIFE+
>(art, architecture,<
>life / a synergy)<
+A PROFOUND JOY+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu