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Saturday, September 12, 2015

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<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>>/ 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<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / 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<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / METAPHYSICAL ART)+
>leadership in recognizing new art forms in<
>paris such as >surrealism & delaunay color<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>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<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >after 15 years of >intense effort at sdsu the<
>french recognized my work< and the rest is<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+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<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / 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<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / 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<
+(GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY /+
+COLOR / LIGHT / ENERGY)+
>involves a wide variety of experimental &<
>exploratory projects / color / light / energy<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >paris has provided me w/ a vast resource of<
>data explaining and expanding the potentials<
+(GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY+
+/ 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< &<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+ / SELIGMAN RESIDENCE)+
>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<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / 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<
+(GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY+
+ / JIM & MABEL BOURKE)+
>"old venice" an >historical treasure that i<
>have enjoined w/ marianne for many yrs<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+JIM & MABEL HAVE MANY+
+WONDERFUL TALES THAT+
>(they saw carcassonne lit<
>up like a >christmas tree)<
+ENLIVEN OUR >EVENINGS+
+ESPECIALLY>FRANCE SET+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu


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