GENIUS IN THE NIGHT / french alchemists & seers

+ARTISTS HAVE RADIANT POWERS,+

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+IT WAS GOOD TO WRITE ABOUT+

>(thanks for your kind thoughts)<

+FRIEND / ALUM DAVE FOBES+ !

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>i learned a lot from my visionary brother, ranny<

>and a profound lesson is that artistry is found in<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+/ RANDOLPH J. RAY JR)+

>many forms of which he possessed a variety<

>and i include the powers of divination here<

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+JESUS CHRIST+CHARLES NODIER+

+RENE D'ANJOU+PABLO PICASSO+

+INGMAR BERGMAN+BONNARD+

+VLADIMIR NABOKOFF+JOSEPH+

>(it is so good to ignore the<

>politicians< of the world<

>that fill every newspaper)<

+CORNELL+LEONARDO daVINCI+

+BRUCE GOFF+HENRI MATISSE+

+LE CORBUSIER+FULCANELLI+

+FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT+ etc+

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>just to name a few historical persona<

>i admire, all had transcendent talents<

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+>>VISIONARY SEERS)+

>& yes please develop your own list,<

>(these are offered, w/ our research)<

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 >in our home art was an intrinsic part of life<
>odilon redon as i have written was part of<
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+>> / ODILON REDON)+
>life in our cavaroc family nola plantation<
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 >it pleases me to write about the talents of<
>louis malle the great film director whose<
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+>>> / LOUIS MALLE)+
>radiant film "the lovers" stars a chateau<
>and the talented actress jeanne moreau<
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 >my nola surrealist photographer friend clarence<
>john laughlin deserves to be on my artist list &<
+(GOOGLE : >>>EUGENE RAY / +
+CLARENCE JOHN LAUGHLIN)+
>preservation of his oeuvre by john h. lawrence<
>an act of heroic historical preservation history<
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 >the radiant magicians of new orleans and the<
>french west indies as i have written formed<
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+/ TROPIQUE MAGIQUE)+
>a strength on indigo & sugar plantations<
>of the fertile french tropic syndrome<
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 >searching for the plantation ruins of our<
>degruy, cavaroc, foucher, coutourier &<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+FOUCHER PLANTATION)+
>related creole ancestors became our<
>weekend passion of the 50s decade<
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>i have not thought of myself as a formal<
>religion scholar at all and my choice of<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>/ SHROUD OF TURIN)+
>the cross as an icon in the 1960s was<
>as surprising to me as maybe to you<
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 >in new orleans the jungle can soon take over<
>like i saw it do in brazil where a road can be<
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+JUNGLE CEMETERY)+
>covered w/ vines fast…jungles taking over<
>new orleans cemeteries is very revealing<
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 >it was from the rich soil of new orleans ruins<
>that i developed the passion to construct the<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>/JAZZ WORK SHOP)+
>radiant vibrant structures and environments<
>expressing my love for our fertile alchemy<
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 >dedicated and talented architects like the<
>dakin brothers preceded my small effort<
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+> / DAKIN ARCHITECTS)+
>but there was a cosmic event that gave<
>my oeuvre its radiant historic position<
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 >it was the appearance on earth of "impossible"
>structures & events that i had the fortune to<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+> / 1947 UFO SIGHTING)+
>experience that galvanized my work & life<
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 >the aspect that has given me strength through<
>many years of sharing my experience with<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+> / EGYPTIAN MAGIC)+
>family, friends, students & euro audiences<
>is our study of cosmic & esoteric history<
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 >the apocalypse of my work in new orleans<
>in the late 1960s was aided by friendship<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+> / NOLA APOCALYPSE)+
>encouragement and empathy of dean<
>lawrence and john & tania messina<
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 >i was only an agent of powers beyond me<
>as i have often written and i thank deeply<
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+/ EXTRATERRESTRIALS)+
>all of you who have been our friends in<
>this fortune to be able to write about it<
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+DEDICATION TO YOU MY FRIENDS+

>(many who i have >not<

>thanked at all enough)< !

+WHO HAVE AIDED ME ENROUTE+

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 eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu