TULANE UNIVERSITY / kind letter about my 1969 exhibition

+FRANCINE J. STOCK+

>the visual resources curator of the tulane university<

>school of liberal arts, newcomb art department has<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+

+> / TULANE UNIVERSITY)+

>sent me kind invitations to digitize my mfa thesis<

>photographs and provide an >interview about it<

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 +"SPECTACULAR, DRAMATIC+
+MYSTERIOUS & BEAUTIFUL"+
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>was the tulane curator's generous description<

>of my effort to express a >cosmic conscious< 

 +TRANSCENDENTAL+
>dimension in 1969 culminating two years<
>of work rather like today's major effort<
+WORM HOLE+
>penetration to transcendent dimensions<
>of which scientists believe total eleven<
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+REMEMBER+
>i had just completed three architectural<
>projects in the new orleans vieux carre<
+(10 YEARS ARCHITECTURE+
+SLIDES ON A BIG SCREEN)+
>and was showing slides of my earlier<
>architecture so there was a >synergy<
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 >this is my favorite slide of the mfa exhibition<
>because the low lighting does conjure feeling<
+(TULANE UNIVERSITY+
+ /6/1969 + (MOON 7/69)+
>of mystery & unexplored dimensional search<
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>our french creole cavaroc degruy foucher saulet<
>etc blood was filled w/ a latin love for mystery<
+(CAVAROC PLANTATION+
+ARTISTRY WAS >VITAL)+
>drama, beauty and devotion to the spectacular<
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>many times i have written about the count<
>michael de gruyere's >friendship w/ the<
+(de GRUY W/ FRANCOIS I+
+/ RESCUED LEONARDO)+
>great leonardo da vinci in his last days<
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 >egypt represented cosmic consciousness to the<
>french kings francois I & rêne de anjou who<
+(EGYPT, SOURCE OF+
+COSMIC CONCERN)+
>played >enormous roles in degruy history<
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 >five years after i received my mfa degree<
>from tulane university, these two panels<
+(RADIANT PROTOTYPES+
+ / ASPEN DESIGN CONF)+
>of my oeuvre display >cosmic concern<
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 >synchronistically it was for the new orleans<
>city park of the 1980s that i designed cosmic<
+(BIOMORPHIC TENSILE+
+FOR NOLA CITY PARK)+
>conscious tensile dynamic biomorphic struct<
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 >"nature is our best guide" was my advice<
>to many students…this nautilus shell is a<
+(NAUTILUS SHELL / IS+
+RADIANT & STRONG)+
>reminder of >silver ship manifestations<
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 >friends & patrons john h. lawrence (right)<
>& daniel hammer (left) of THNOC have<
+(THNOC PATRONS AS+
+DEAN LAWRENCE 67)+
>followed >dean lawrence, tulane 1967<
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 >the saulet plantation of degruy-saulet history<
>in the new orleans garden district relates to<
+(LAFAYETTE ACQUIRED AS+
+GIFT OF >PRES JEFFERSON)+
>foucher-degruy plantation at tulane univ<
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 >cosmic consciousness in egypt is strongly<
>expressed in many pyramidal ways with<
+(SPACE SUITS+
+IN BC EGYPT)+
>this >space suitt garbed figure at the top<
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 >magnolia mound plantation of armand duplantier<
>near lsu (saved by my lsu friend prof robert heck)<
+(GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY+
+PRINCE ACHILLE MURAT)+
>duplantier acquired saulet plantation for lafayette<
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>bernard de clairvaux was the heroic figure of his<
>time as brains behind the cathedral geomancy &<
+(TEMPLAR ARCHITECTURE+
+/ VISION OF ST. BERNARD)+
>designer of over >200 visionary monasteries<
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>this magnificent visionary >biotronic energy<

>structure of nikola tesla "wardencliffe tower<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+

+RADIANT PROTOTYPES)+

>reminds of my radiant prototypes, 1970s<
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+NOTE : GOOGLE IMAGES+
>has assembled a magnificent collection<
>of my designs & references relating to<
+(MY DEEP GRATITUDE+
+IT IS A >LONG ROAD)+ !
>"eugene ray / radiant prototypes" i am<
>extremely >grateful< for this service<
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+SYNCHRONISTICALLY+
>i knew nothing of tesla's energy structure<
>effort when i was exploring domical &<
>conical >biotronic design in the 1970s<
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+"THE GODS MACHINES"+
>win chok bongs seminal volumes<
>were >probably also written w/o<
+KNOWING TESLAS VISION+ ?
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu