WHO ARE WE / WHERE FROM / WHERE GO / gratitude to family-friends

+DEEP IN THE NIGHT+

>i think of >you my friends< as i construct each<

>blog as poetically as i can based on 13 images<

>extracted from a lifetime of reference data &<

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+ARCHITECT / FACEBOOK+

+for  >ADDITIONAL DATA)+

>as orson welles said "what a wonderful toy<

+A MOVIE STUDIO IS"+ !

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>tonight i spot light a few of >you who star<

>in this nightly effort for various reasons &<

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+ADD YOUR NAME HERE)+

>apologise to those who  >should be seen<

>there are so many i >owe gratitude to etc<

+(MANY MORE >DESERVE+

+A RADIANT SPOTLIGHT)+

>but >perhaps i lack a >proper photograph<

>john / tania, ralph bowman, tom davis etc<

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+FORGIVE MY MANY FAILURES+

+/ but POSTERITY SHALL PLACE+

>(a new art form is born<

>thanks to the >internet)<

+OUR EFFORT and I HAVE FAITH+

+ART & LIFE a >FABULOUS MIX+

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 >chikako terada hart , >tom's radiant wife with<
>marianne & i came visiting in our renaissance<
>home, reminding of chikako's great effort as a<
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+CHIKAKO TERADA HART)+
>grad student winning a vital award & also her<
>aid to me >(international competition project)<
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 >jim bourke w/ bride, mabel (l) , marianne &<
>i at the >casa prado restaurant ,(balboa park<
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+/ JIM BOURKE DESIGN)+
>100 yrs old this yr) /  jim has been fabulous<
>student asst & his construction co-first class<
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 >marian, my beloved wife of 48 years & i<
>photographed at the rudolf steiner found.<
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+> / MARIAN OLSEN RAY)+
>conference by jim bourke who aided my<
>lecture & exhibition setup in 1995 effort<
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 >mary lynn hyde ® & danial hammer (l) of<
>THNOC (mary lynn tulane alumni board)<
>w/ marianne & i at the napoleon house in<
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+>/ MARY LYNN HYDE)+
>thé vieux carre our nola head quarters w/<
>so many poignant memories of life-work<
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 >just recently a radiant reunion w/ sdsu alum<
>araty rangswamy (w/ her husband) brought<
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+ / ARATY RANGSWAMY)+
>radiant memories of araty's brilliant thesis<
>of a "kit of parts" house w/ many modes<
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>during our palm springs desert r&r safaris<

>kevin & jasmine brekke are radiant to see<

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+KEVIN / BEATRICE BREKKE)+

>they are at the moment in switzerland very<

>close >synchronistically to gruyere castle<

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 >paris is my >favorite city on this planet< and<
>my beloved bride marianne made it fabulous<
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+MARIANNE CONWAY RAY)+
>in many, many different ways / marianne is<
>a devote' of our travels, "my radiant light"<
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 >it was very sad for me to hear of the death<
>of garlic "nikki" barranger recently but i<
>am grateful we had one last reunion this<
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+NEAL & NIKKI, GRUY DNA)+
>recent visit / neal & lorraine pendleton<
>on left, brother walker & della behind<
+nikki & gail hood at mandeville lunch<
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 >a very bright star of this nightly blog is<
>our talented friend & alum, prof. david<
>fobes, center, w/ two other veterans of<
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+>> / SILVER SHIP ALUMS)+
>silver ship construction : chris jung ®<
>and dennis woodard / (fabulous trio)<
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 >this week marianne & i took a walk in old<
>delmar, high up on the hill near the former<
>home of architect, john lloyd wright ® as<
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+ / BRUCE GOFF and+
+JOHN LLOYD WRIGHT)+
>in his studio w/ bruce goff & i (beard) we<
>remember goff's >great slide presentation<
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 >my precious children, >bronwen & derek w/<
>bron's husband bruce ®, lesley is out of state<
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+DEREK, BRON, LESLEY)+
>bron is a vital cog in >county education and<
>derek just won the outstanding teacher prize<
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 >our brilliant brother ranny (seen in his<
>nola vieux carre, dumaine st. patio) is<
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+R.J. RAYjr / WALKER RAY)+
>for my >beloved brother walker & i<
>always present in a >powerful way<
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 >last but certainly not least are our patrons<
>john h. lawrence & daniel hammer of the<
+HISTORIC N.O. COLLECTION+
>archives in thé vieux carre (seen here) &<
+SDSU LIBRARY ARCHIVES+
>mr robert ray of the sdsu library archives<
>(not pictured) / who digitized our slides<
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+I AM OVERWHELMED+
>(what >did we do /<
>what did we learn)<
+W/ DEEP GRATITUDE+
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu