WHEN THE LIGHTS CAME ON / new orleans / los angeles

+THE "COTTON CENTENIAL EXPOSITION"+

>old foucher plantation, & in the vieux carre<

+THE NOLA "FRENCH OPERA HOUSE"+

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>were the fabulous settings in new orleans<

+(TULANE  LOCUS 1967-69+

>(retrospective exhibition)

+MY"RADIANT" OEUVRE)+ 

>when the >first electric lights came on< !

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>OUR FRENCH CREOLE FAMILIES+
+WERE ASTOUNDED AT THE 1895+
>the nola lights first turned on<
>at the site of the old foucher<
>de bore 18c sugar plantations<
>(google : eugene ray / foucher)<

+>>COTTON CENTENIAL EXPO+ 

(FOUCHERS to PARIS FOREVER)

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>later the great french opera "manon lascaut"<
>which actually had degruy family history<
+(FRENCH OPERA WAS+
+>MAGICAL IN NOLA)+
>as part of the drama used electric light<
>to create magical settings for effect<
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>as a boy, my cavaroc grandmother gave me her<
>opera binoculars used in the nola french opera<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>/ MANON LESCAUT)+
>house that had been very popular for creole<
>families who saw manon lescaut from paris<
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>my cavaroc grandmother's husband, george<

>staigg sr. was a new orleans cotton broker<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+/ COTTON CENTENNIAL)+

>and when the lights were turned on at the<

>cotton centennial must have been agog< !

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 >a long history of "synergetic environments" led<
>to my "yogurt encounters" shop for larry urrutia<
+(GOOGLE  : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>/ YOGURT SHOP)+
>in the glass house square shopping center. hand<
>crafted beautifully by dave fobes & chris jung<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >synchronistically, just before i retired, this<
>luces exhibition gave me an opportunity<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>/ LUCES EXHIBITION)+
>to mount a comprehensive exhibition of<
>the entire range of my radiant concepts<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >i am grateful to dave fobes who suggested<
>& curated the "luces" exhibition for doug<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+COLOR-LIGHT-ENERGY)+
>semay…dave has told me that my class<
.synergetic environs was his e.d. favorite<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>not as well known as my work w/ light environ<

>but just as vital was my class, "environ media"<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+>>>/ RADIANT MEDIA)+

>which gave us an opportunity to create and<

>document "transcendental manifestations"<

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 >the "eccentric places" international architectural<
>exhibition gave me an opportunity to design a<
+(COSMIC CONSCIOUS TRAN+
+>>SCENDENT MANIFESTS)+
>type of light sculpture floor standards that had<
>cosmic conscious transcendent manifestation<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >recently the ufo reporting center is receiving a<
>huge amount of radiant orbs seen nightly and<
+(RADIANT SPHERES ARE+
+>>REPORTED NIGHTLY)+
>reminding us that our ant like existence on<
>planet earth is very limited in cosmic vision<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>the french visionary fllm maker lumiere gave<
>the world its first cosmic conscious cinema<
+(LUMIERE FRENCH CINEMA+
+>OPENED COSMIC DOORS)+
>shown to a paying audience in paris that<
>suggested reality beyond the everyday<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >it was special to absorb the work of "professor"<
>(this was his reputation, a "thinker") matisse in<
+(MATISSE HAD DEVOTION+
+to  "RADIANT ORGANICS")+
>his museum, above nice at cimiez and also at<
>his radiant chapel in gruy ref village, >vence<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >in the south of france at nice matisse painted<
>rooms that existed in a radiant environment<
+(RADIANT ENVIRONMENT+
+IN THE FRENCH RIVIERA)+
>where floors & walls synthesized into a<
>transcendent cosmos of >light / energy<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >unseen in our sculls, the penial gland works<
>devotedly, silently to make our sentient eye<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>> / PENIAL GLAND)<
>able to perform miracles & perceive cosmic<
>reality that many shall never ever perceive<
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>in new orleans my old tulane classmate eric<
>bookhardt has perceptively written about<
+(SURREALITY IS SPECIAL /+
+>IN OLD NEW ORLEANS)+
>super reality (surreality) in the visionary<
>atmosphere so powerful for our creoles<
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+"WHEN THE LIGHTS CAME ON"+
>was the theme of ray bradbury's letter<
>to me, referring to los angeles lights<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>> / RAY BRADBURY)+
>turned back on after world war two<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+MARIANNE WAS 15 YEARS OLD+
+& FILLED W/ GREAT RADIANCE+
>>same age as i a year later<
>when i saw a mothership)<
+OF HER LIFE'S >POTENTIALS<+
+(SHE WAS FAMED>TEACHER)+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu