APOLLINAIRE, PICASSO, DELAUNAY / search for sacred seeds

+MARIANNE MY LOVE+

>made me a very happy man when she suggested<

>another pilgrimage to >old paris might be a good<

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+>>>>/ PARIS, FRANCE)+

>idea after all >(i thought i was imagining this) but<

>it turned to to be true & we now>have our tickets<

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+APOLLINAIRE & PICASSO+

>were a powerful >synergetic combination on rive<

>gauche and lets not overlook delaunay's interface<

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+ / ROBERT DELAUNAY)+

>with apollinaire that is very special to me because<

>delaunay is descended from deaulnay my peopls<

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+DAVE FOBES+

>has been very fond of delaunay, because of<

>delaunay's color genius and i have shown<

+(COLOR / LIGHT / ENERGY+

+ESSENCE OF >RADIANCE)+

>much of dave's >brilliant effort with color<

>which made me very happy (vital-radiant)<

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 >apollinaire's life w/ its >origins in monaco<
>has much interest to me, especially with its<
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+ / METAPHYSICAL ART)+
>leadership in recognizing new art forms in<
>paris such as >surrealism & delaunay color<
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>any artist going to paris, the city of artistry, needs<
>to study >francis steegmuller's excellent book ref<
+(APOLLINAIRE WAS SPOKES+
+PERSON FOR MODERN ART)+
>apollinaire / one then realizes how much history<
>of modern art's progress must give to apollinaire<
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 >after 15 years of >intense effort at sdsu the<
>french recognized my work< and the rest is<
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+PARIS ART EXHIBITIONS)+
>very heartening / this nightly blog expands<
>on the >exhibitions & joys resulting there<
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 >drama of meeting the >talented french violinist<
>michelle morgand on the rome-paris night train<
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+ / MICHELE MARGAND)+
>resulted in very rewarding dinners & parties for<
>marian, marianne and i in >paris & on the seine<
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 >the synergy of many pilgrimages to the<
>"city of light" has >contributed much to<
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+ / METAPHYSICAL ART)+
>these nightly blogs as i attempt to explain<
>the factors and forces behind the designs<
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 >my architectural oeuvre is >NOT a simple<
>review of standard concepts but instead it<
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+COLOR / LIGHT / ENERGY)+
>involves a wide variety of experimental &<
>exploratory projects / color / light / energy<
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 >paris has provided me w/ a vast resource of<
>data explaining and expanding the potentials<
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+/ FRENCH REFERENCES)+
>of my work / >never in the history of artistry<
>has there been available eo much references<
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>alain seligman< who i >designed this villa<

>for was the >son of a french immigrant< &<

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>i felt a >rapport when i sat down to design<

>one of the most cosmic conscious concepts<

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 >french auto design is >covered thoroughly<
>in the publications >found in paris both in<
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+ / PARIS BOUQUENISTS)+
>bookshops and the bouquenists (bookstalls<
>that >open up in long rows along the seine<
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+GREAT JOY TONIGHT+
>dining with >jim & mabel bourke at one<
>of our favorite restaurants out on pt loma<
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+ / JIM & MABEL BOURKE)+
>"old venice" an >historical treasure that i<
>have enjoined w/ marianne for many yrs<
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+JIM & MABEL HAVE MANY+
+WONDERFUL TALES THAT+
>(they saw carcassonne lit<
>up like a >christmas tree)<
+ENLIVEN OUR >EVENINGS+
+ESPECIALLY>FRANCE SET+
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu