MY SDSU EVENING / nov 13th 2014

+BEING W/ OLD FRIENDS+

>faculty & alumni was very special to my s.d.s.u.<

>return talk on the subject of radiant architecture< 

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+RADIANT ARCHITECTURE)+

>and i am grateful that marianne joined me there<

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+A POIGNANT MOMENT+

>is that my talk was introduced by kotaro nakamura<

>architect , my former student, who is now chair of<

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+/ KOTARO NAKAMURA)+

>the sdsu art department, where he earned his mfa<

>and was my assistant on two projects i showed<

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+GRATITUDE WAS MY+

>emotion as professor's matthew higgins, philip<

>matzigkeit, & david fobes also welcomed me<

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+/ ALUMNI & FRIENDS)+

>to the department where i had taught so long<

>my heart was filled w/ many fond memories<

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+KEVIN & JASMINE BREKKE+

>our friends, and former students were also<

>there having driven from palm springs &<

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+>./ "DESERT INCIDENTS"+

>my hope is to interest them in my vision<

>of "desert incidents"ufo-design museum< 

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 >i introduced marianne to sdsu art dept chairman<
>kotaro nakamura, architect & my former student<
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+>>/ SYNCHRONICITY)+
>who introduced my talk on radiant architecture<
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>(amazingly,  i remember kotaro's 1st sdsu day<
>he had no official papers & very little english<
+(THE AMERICAN DREAM)+
>you can imagine the poignant synchronicity)<
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 >i opened my talk by projecting some ref<
>book images on to the large screen and<
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+"LECORBUSIER & OCCULT")+
>this one "lecorbusier and the occult" is<
>very special because of its templar link<
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 >geomancy & "sacred architecture" were vital<
>in our lexicon of architectural considerations<
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+>>/ ORIENT FOREST)+
>which i synchronistically discovered in the<
>work of our gruy ancestors w/ st bernard<
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 >dave fobes, right foreground< watches intently<
>as i project the adamski photo (kodak certified)<
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+>>>/ UFO MOTHERSHIP)+
>of the very same cylindrical "mother ship" ufo<
>that i saw high overhead above baton rouge<
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 >this composite of images of my blog remind<
>me of my gratitude to dave for helping me to<
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+>>/ RADIANT BLOGS)+
>start focusing on the architectural oeuvre in<
>my nightly blog after 5 years of gruy blogs<
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 >my presentation included a wide range of<
>prototype projects i designed including a<
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+GAS STATION CONVERSION)+
>restaurant converted from a gas station<
>seen in this paper collage rendering<
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 >it pleased me to mention a few of our very<
>talented alumni from japan & india like<
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+/ ARATI RANGSWAMI)+
>arati rangswami, seen here< who made<
>a brilliant design of kit-of-parts housing<
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 >i showed several of my california villas that<
>descend via genetic memory from our gruy<
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+/ TEMPLAR GEOMANCY)+
>family templar heritage of nola plantations<
>that can be traced back to templar france<
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 >following my presentation it was rewarding to<
>speak w/ jasmine brekke our sdsu-ed alum of<
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+>>/ MARIANNE RAY+
>the 1980s seen here w/ my beloved marianne<
>who it inspired me to have in the audience<
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 >keven brekke jasmine's husband, is like jasmine,<
>an alumnus of our sdsu environ design program<
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+KEVIN & JASMINE BREKKE)+
>and today both are scholarly writers w/ internet<
>links and accomplishments of very high order<
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> you can see why marianne was denied access to<
+MARIANNE= (GRT GRANDMOTHER)+
>a grandmothers meeting (didn't look old enough)<
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 >after my presentation, kotaro & philip matzigkeit<
>both alums of my classes at sdsu gave marianne<
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+>/ PHILIP MATZIGKEIT)+
>and i a beautiful orchid plant / philip's >radiant<
>wife, elvarose, took most of these photographs<
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>the evening at sdsu drew to a close w/ the,
>group photo of kotaro nakamura, me<
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>philip matzigkeit , matthew higgins<
>and my beloved marianne at right<
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+THIS WAS A POIGNANT EVE+
+& I AM GRATEFUL TO ALL+
>(please see the sdsu youtube<
>videos and sdsu oral history<
>all found on the ww web..)<
+WHO MADE IT POSSIBLE+ !
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu