LETTER #8 TO PROF. STOCK / tulane university, new orleans

+DEAR FRANCINE+

>france was an essential<

+LATIN DNA+

>part of our young lives< 

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+NEW ORLEANS FRENCH CULTURE+

>is as you well know very powerful and in our<

>family homes was a daily experience that we<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+>>/ FRENCH CULTURE)+

>absorbed in many ways such as art, cooking<

>reading, music, furniture, games, dress, etc<

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+MARDI GRAS+

>in new orleans is reaching a head soon<

>and i remember how vital it was to our<

+(GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY /+

+>>/ NOLA MARDI GRAS)+

>youth even though it was yearly event<

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+VOUDOU+

>as i became older offered historical link<

>w/ the french / african culture that was<

+(GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY /+

+NEW ORLEANS VOUDOU)+

>so importan to the overall nola history<

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 >mardi gras & voudou were 2 important factors<
>of new orleans history & culture that i knew<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+AFRO-NOLA ARTISTRY)+
>i should research as part of my tulane study<
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 >francois mignon at melrose plantation on the<
>cane river in the cotton plantation region of<
+(GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY /+
+MELROSE PLANTATION)+
>jean baptiste de bresse & john ray created<
>a magical organic world of >art & plants<
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>at tulane university i synergised the organic<
>essence of our french & creole heritage w/<
+(GOOGLE :>>>> EUGENE RAY /+
+TRANSCENDENT MANIFESTS)+
>cosmic conscious to produce my radiant<
>thesis devoted to transcendent manifests<
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 >after my first wife marian, died, i sold the<
>silver ship & married our friend marianne<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / PHILIPPE DE BRESSE)+
>who introduced the >internet to me and i<
>spent five years writing about the gruy<
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 >this >magical region adjacent to nice france<
>has always attracted me. i have stayed many<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>> / COCTEAU CHAPEL)+
>times at >st jean cap ferret (right) & ville-<
>franche sur mer >(cocteau chapel) left<
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 >i discovered that templar admiral philippe<
>de bresse built the castle at villefranche<
+(GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY /+
+VILLEFRANCHE SUR MER)+
>sur mer (that i had visited as i loved cap<
>ferrat) & was an ancestor of our bresse<
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 >as an >artist-architect-professor<(not just<
>an architect), i felt inspired to research &<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>/ RADIANT CONCEPTS)+
>construct >transcendent manifestations of<
>cosmic conscious >radiant architecture<
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 >in the mid 1970s w/ the aid of my entry level<
>students i constructed 3 advanced prototypes<
+(GOOGLE :>> EUGENE RAY +
+PICTORS METAMORPHISIS)+
>in the san diego region & this pictors project<
>for a restaurant on india st. was my favorite<
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 >at the >invitation of a young chef<
+(RADIANT COLOR)+
>i designed pictors metamorphosis<
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>in spare time >outside of standard<
+RADIANT LIGHT+
>class time we built this restaurant<
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 >color used in practical cutout<
+(RADIANT ENERGY)+
>signage caused radiant effect<
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 >pictors metamorphisis was special in its<
>use of color-lights cutouts texture plants<
+(GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY /+
+COLOR, LIGHT, ENERGY)+
>& sculptural plasticity to create exotic<
>ambience in an old s.d. neighborhood<
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+OVER VIEW+
>i perceive the resulting production of<
>the >artist-architect's vision to reflect<
+(GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY /+
+COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS)+
>an amalgamation of genetic memory<
>and cosmic conscious manifestation<
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+FILLED W/ GRATITUDE+ !
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>eugene ray, mfa, architect<
>professor emeritus, sdsu<