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Saturday, March 7, 2015

METAPHYSICAL GRAPHICS # 2 / 13 more views of the art of life

+FRENCH BREAD+
>has been important to the lives of every<
>french artist and many years ago this<
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+>/ COLLAGE MAIL ART)+
>became vital in expressing my mail<
>art as a manna of life nourishment<
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+ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE+
+OF MY LIFE'S >OEUVRE IS+
>(metaphysical graphics are<
>an >intimate view of life<
>and the artists humanism)<
+RESULTANT OF ORGANIC+
+BIOTRONIC  >HUMANISM+
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 >as this blog has expressed in many ways<
>our french heritage has played a complex<
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+>>> / FRENCH BREAD)+
>dynamic role in the formulation of much<
>of our creative effort over many years<
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 >"morning of the magicians" was a profound<
>read for me in that it introduced the fact that<
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+MORNING OF THE MAGICIANS)+
>paris still had alchemists & philosophers as<
>a primary ingredient of the city atmosphere<
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 >an important fact of my oeuvre is that it can't<
>be said that my work was just the work of a<
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+ARCHITECT PROFESSOR)+
>dreamer because in fact i realized >much of<
>what i envisioned for this >beautiful planet<
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 >the mediterranian of our gruy-bresse heritage<
>has been a tremendous inspiration to my art<
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+/ MEDITERRANIAN SEA)+
>and architecture with liguria primary focus<
>& genetic memory a galvanizing radiance<
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 >the spherical organic power of the fruit<
>& vegetables of our radiant alchemy is<
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+>/ RADIANT ALCHEMY)+
>a lesson for all architects & designers<
>(yes, nature is indeed our best guide)<
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 >the milieu of tropique, magique, metaphysique<
>in the french tropic colony of louisiana is my<
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+/ TROPIQUE-MAGIQUE)+
>favorite intuitive thematic focus for showing<
>the roots that drive my design illustration<
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 >this cover of "road & track" represents california<
>to me and the radiant manifestations of my work<
+(GOOGLE :>>> EUGENE RAY /+
+RADIANT MANIFESTATIONS)+
>on the right (nola leading to calif)..plus marianne<
>who learned to drive (packard) sunset blvd / l.a.<
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 >golden california became the radiant coast for<
>my architecture during the height of the work<
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+/ GOLDEN CALIFORNIA)+
>titled "radiant architecture" and filled with<
>"color, light, energy" cinematic heritage<
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 >the radiant vision brgan in new orleans,<
>first in the sansouci forest, then in the<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>> / NOLA RADIANCE)+
>vieux carre and finally at tulane univ<
>via a comprehensive work overview<
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 >synchronistically, westwood village became a<
>focus for studying los angeles urban strength<
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+ / WESTWOOD VILLAGE)+
>& i took students there on >field trips, never<
>knowing this was where marianne grew up<
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 >randolph j. ray jr. (ranny) my gifted brother<
>photographed here in his vieux carre studio<
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+/ RANDOLPH J. RAY JR.)+
>& home on dumaine st. in the fall of 1952<
>(ranny loved california & encouraged me)<
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 >by 1980 in california a >vision for radiant<
>architecture had become >primary when i<
+(GOOGLE :>> EUGENE RAY /+
+RADIANT ARCHITECTURE)+
>assembled a large retrospective exhibitioin<
>of radiant & synergetic prototype designs<
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 >"what comes first , the chicken or the egg"?<
>in the first decade of our life in california it<
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+CALIFORNIA LIFESTYLE+
>became clear to me that a new california<
>bungalow design required new lifestyle<
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+(FOR MY BUNGALOW FRIENDS+
+CIANI, TABLER, & REDLINGER+
>(google :>>>> eugene ray<
>new california bungalow)<
+CALIFORNIA >LIFESTYLE DOES+
+SUGGEST >NEW BUNGALOWS)+
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu

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