PILGRIMS IN PARIS / pilgrims in new orleans

+PARIS, CITY OF LIGHT+

>i could write a very thick book, if i had<

>the time, about my personal experience<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+>>/ PARIS BIENNALE)+

>in this fantastic city, my very favorite<

>(google: eugene ray/paris alchemists)<

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+LOU KAHN+

>the most poetic american architect<

>said, "a city is the place a small<

+(>SALK INSTITUTE +

+DESIGN, LAJOLLA)+

>boy finds out what he wants to<

>do with the rest of his life"…..

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+MUCH OF MY LOVE OF PARIS+

+WAS SHARING IT W/ MY TWO+

>(much historical research in<

>degruy templar latin paris)<

+RADIANT WIVES, MARIAN &+

+MARIANNE   (google my essays+

 +especially ones set in PARIS, FR+

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 >marianne at one of our favorite hotels<
>because it was designed as a work of<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>> / PARIS HOTELS)+
>art inside and out, where it is painted<
>in a very spacial >french blue< color<
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 >george whitman, famous owner of shakespeare<
>and co. iconic book shop once offered marian<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>/ SHAKESPEARE & CO.)+
>and i free housing on our annual visit to paris<
>(books purchased / stamped "point 0 paris")<
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>a fabulous french view of the mayan yucatan<
>enjoyed by augustus la plongeon is the kind<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY> / +
+AUGUSTUS LE PLONGEON)+
>of data one may find in shakespeare & co.<
>(unique view... as rich with devinarions)<
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 >every french visitor to new orleans will soon<
>find this corner in the "napoleon house" cafe<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>/ NAPOLEON HOUSE)+
>where the "napoleon lamp" is special,../ (in<
>this studio as i write is my edition of this)<
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 >central grocery, on decater st. in old new orleans<
>is where john & tania messina and i would buy<
+(GOOGLE EUGENE RAY /+
+EXPLORERS GIFT SHOP)+
>their fabulous "muffuletta" sandwich as i was<
>working on the 3 radiant biotronic  projects<
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>it was good friend georgia chadwick, head<

>of the louisiana law library who drove me<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+/ KING LOUIS PHILIPPE)+

>to photograph this nola templar lodge / <

>(important louis philippe, degruy link)<

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 >back in "mother france" this castle of good<
>king rene d'anjou on the rhone at tarascon<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ KING RENE de ANJOU)+
>reminds us of the virtue of a "renaissance<
>man" ability via design & art dynamics<
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>it was the great french "innocent" painter<
>henri rousseau who saw the importance<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>> / PLANT KINGDOM)+
>of the jungle in the big picture of cosmic<
>conscious heroic painting in urban paris<
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+COSMIC CONSCIOUS+
>(4 pages of my work<
>/ a+u, tokyo, 1985)<
+RADIANT OEUVRE+
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 >as i see it, the harvest of the artist's oeuvre<
>reflects several factors beyond his control<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY> / +
+RADIANT ARCHITECTURE)+
>w/ dna, synchronicity & cosmic interface<
>high on the agenda of vital consideration<
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 >art & plant kingdom synergies always vital<
>in the matrix of radiant factors galvanizing<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>/ RADIANT MATRIX)+
>our life and work on this planet, >earth<
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 >who are we / where are we from / where<
>do we go / what did we do/... and learn<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ COSMIC CONSCIOUS)+
>are the five questions that galvanize us<
>in this nightly blog seeking >nirvana<

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+I DEDICATE TONIGHT'S BLOG to+

>(our prayer for his mother<

>who he is taking care of)<

+JOHN H. LAWRENCE OF THNOC+

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>plus also<

+PROF ROBERT RAY of SDSU+

>(i am so pleased with the<

>susan resnick interview)<

+GRATEFUL FOR THEIR AID+

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eugene ray, mfa, architect

professor emeritus, sdsu