LETTER #2 TO PROF STOCK / tulane university, new orleans

+DEAR FRANCINE+

>i just received an email from daniel hammer<

>of THNOC who also teaches at tulane arch.<

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+HISTORIC N.O. COLLECTION)+

>…daniel is >"happy about your finding me"< 

>as a had expressed my >joy in your emails<

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+TONIGHT / (QUIET FOCUS)+

>i continue the letter of yesterday w/ more<

>information that may be helpful toward<

>your goal of >interviewing me soon<

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+FRENCH ROOTS+

>as you know, are important to me and<

>i am enclosing more reference to that<

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+> /CLAIRVAUX / GRUY)+

>& will again stress the >orient forest<

>because of bernard clairvaux design<

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+UFO HISTORY+
>as you also know, is extremely vital<
>as an interest and >influence in my<
>life. / last night on "coast to coast"<
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>radio linda moulton howe gave<
>a presentation of >vital essence<

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>leonardo da vinci , was a friend of the last count<
>of this de gruy(ere) castle & probably came here<
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+LEONARDO / GRUYERE)+
>enroute to his >retirement with king francois I<
>(french king & gruyere count >close cousins)<
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 >the ancient stonehenge site in england is the<
>setting for biotronic energy radiance as seen<
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+"THE GOD'S MACHINES")+
>in wun chok bong's "the god's machines"<
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 >it is here in my great grand father cavaroc's<
>plantation house in nola that odile redon an<
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+ / REDON SKETCHBOOK)+
>intimate friend, gave them his surreal book<
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 >only a few blocks away from the cavaroc town<
>house in the nola vieux carre i constructed three<
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+>>> / JAZZ WORKSHOP)+
>radiant projects just before my tulane exhibition<
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 >in the silver ship studio in lajolla metaphysical<
>graphics mail art were a vital medium to find<
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+CORRESPONDENCE ART)+
>ways to express deep >psychic art resources<
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 >cosmic consciousness inspired my vision w/<
>this, my first biomorphic design made in the<
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+ / BIOMORPHIC DESIGN)+
>sansouci forest studio in 1964 just when the<
>invitation came to teach architecture @ lsu<
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>this "binder book" is the method i use to conserve<
>my architectural & metaphysical art documenta in<
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+ARCHIVE BINDER BOOKS)+
>our lajolla california home archive / THNOC and<
>SDSU shall receive this archive upon my death<
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 >a typical archival page is this collage of my<
>architecture on an >invitation to the 1980<
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+ / 1980 RETROSPECTIVE)+
>sdsu masters gallery >retrospective show<
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 >georgia chadwick head of the la. state law<
>library (friend of daniel hammer & russell<
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+> / deGRUY SUGAR MILL)+
>desmond) showed me this 19th c masonic<
>lodge where gruy templars congregated<
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 >powerful templar >architectural secrets are<
>traced to >egyptian & sumerian knowledge<
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+>>/ EGYPT-ET SECRETS)+
>w/ cosmic conscious extraterrestrial vision<
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 >this design for a modern louisiana plantation<
>dwelling has a profound objective to house<
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+ / MODERN PLANTATION)+
>3 generations w/ each family sharing many<
>activities in a solar-wind energy prototype<
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>this may be the most important louisiana design<

>i made because of its >cosmic conscious vision<

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+FERRO CEMENT SHELL)+

>rather ufo craft like >(holy cross high pavilion<

>design made for >nola friend chris friedrichs)<

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 >these last three images stress the process of<
>drawing by hand my designs in graphite on<
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+>>/ HAND DRAWINGS)+
>vellum…then ozalid prints w/ prismacolor<
>rendering followed by color xerox prints<
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+COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS+
>& TEMPLAR GEOMANCY+
>(a special nola creole<
>radiant >perspective)<
+W/ ET-EGYPT >SOURCES+

+FUELS RADIANT VISION+

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eugene ray, mfa, architect

professor emeritus, sdsu