METAPHYSICAL GRAPHICS

+HENRI MATISSE+ 

>our friend dave fobes will enjoy hearing<

>loved cats as well as his huge cage of<

>tropical birds (blue avians ?) and we<

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>wonder how they all >got along in<

>his >radiant apartment suite in nice< 

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+METAPHYSICAL GRAPHICS+
>was my development in 1970 to send<
>mail art back to louisiana to family &<
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+>>>>>>> / MAIL ART)+
>friends reporting on personal views<
>documenting life behind >the work<
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+MAIL ART PROGENDERED+
>(the life behind<
>vision & work)<
+THIS BLOG ART FOR YOU+
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 >matisse, bonnard, cocteau, chagall & picasso<
>all lived on the french riviera creating work<
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>that was inspired by the ambience, much as<
>i sought out lajolla for >seaside inspiration<
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 >much of my metaphysical graphics focused<
>on our french creole new orleans heritage<
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>and this cavaroc plantation house meant<
>a lot to my spiritual perception of roots<
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 >tropique, magique, métaphysique was<
>my mail art collage graphic expressing<
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>the french tropic syndrome as source<
>for >transcendental manifestations<
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 >plantation ruins were a fascination to my<
>creative vision of fresh growth energing<
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>from our latin merovingian devastation<
> / radiant architecture emerged in light<
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 >the ultimate in my correspondence art<
>collage graphics was those that were<
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>expressive of cosmic conscious ET /<
>UFO vision leading to radiant ART<
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 >cinema as my good friend ralph bowman<
>can appreciate is close to my nightly blog<
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>w/ its attention behind the scenes and its<
>fascination for occult magic & alchemy<
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 >for my friends out there w/ patience and<
>scholarship…rennes le château focus &<
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>careful study reveals amazing history of<
>dagobert, merovingian templar treasure<
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 >for lovers of the graphic arts this small<
>collage mail art picture post card was<
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>made for SDSU art dept patrons and<
>is >somewhere out there in eternity<
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 >this cyclops painting by our cavaroc family<
>bordeaux friend odilon redon expresses for<
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>me the occult interests in my cavaroc grand<
>mother passed on to our mother & brother<
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>for those who love european trains as i do<
>this graphic expresses an amazing series of<
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>experiences w/ a beautiful french violinist<
>& her lover / (brother to the fr. pretender)<
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 >this final collage tonight expresses the joy of<
>greek architecture & cultural history w/ an<
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>homage via >radiant architecture graphics<
>of our iran library w/ its columnar design<
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+RIGHT PLACE @ RIGHT TIME+

>as i look back on the history of xerography<

>it was in the 40s when the xerox machine<

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>was invented but it took 20 years for it to<

>become viable for my >metaphysical use<

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+XEROGRAPHY>BECAME THE +
>i am >very grateful<
>(& very lucky too)<
+>PERFECT< MEDIUM FOR ME+
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>welcome home to our friend and<
>alum prof dave fobes.(that photo<
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>of matisse should ring his bell)<
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+OUR SON DEREK, LEAVES+
>google : derek ray / reader<
>/ (excellent travel articles)<
+FOR CHINA ON APRIL 3RD+
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu