CHASSY CASTLE RUIN / derek ray, frank lloyd wright, balthus, plantard

+DEREK RAY+

>loved the sansouci forest with our glazed pavilion<

>and the swift moving bogue falaya river and many<

+(TONIGHTS BLOG+

+IS >FOR DEREK<)+

>wonderful night sounds< >joining claude de bussy<

>derek's photos of china  / available reader web site<

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+OLD FRENCH CASTLES+

>fueled my vision as i >designed modern buildings<

>frank lloyd wright's >"organic architecture" was a<

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>relative of my love for "stone piles" / louis i. kahn<

>loved old castles and had >many fine castle books<

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 >derek in china,< took many >fine photos which<
>can be seen on the >reader web site / derek was<
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>recently honored for his "day job" as "employee<
>of the year", teaching kids w/ learning problems<
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 >the bogue falaya river near our studio pavilion<
>house was very small in the summer< but after<
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+BOGUE FALAYA RIVER)+
>winter rains turned into a >raging torrent with a<
>violent ferocity that could be dangerous, serious<
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 >as you know, frank lloyd wright was my<
>mentor from age 16 when my >aunt elise<
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+ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE)+
>gifted me w/ his book >"the natural house"<
>wrights thesis >"organic architecture, vital<
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 >balthus >ancient french castle chassy< was in<
>the morvan,< a mountainous region of central<
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>france. he moved there in 1953 / after that his<
>career escalated quickly as if by >castle magic<
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 >i am reminded of >pierre plantard's< castle<
>barbery near nevers in central france where<
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>st. vincent de paul joined jean the alchemist<
>in the most advanced alchemy lab in france<
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 >balthus lifestyle in his ancient chassy castle<
>was closer to the marquis de sade then saint<
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>vincent de paul but later he wisely married a<
>talented japanese lady< w/ a >medici castle<
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 >more then his paintings , >balthus< french castle<
>ruin he turned into a magnificent studio< won my<
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>heart / later he was given an >italian castle & even<
>later he acquired a >fabulous swiss templar chalet<
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>bugatti, voisin, delage, delahaye, citroen< are<
>the radiant >french cars< that are very special<
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>in paris i discovered the >beauty of these 30s<
>designs in the fabulous"illustration" magazine<
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 >for dave's brother clark, a >french wine expert<
>(musician / inventor also) i include my mail art<
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>graphics on chateau d' yquem, the greatest and<
>most expensive >french wine in the wide world<
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 >for my blog readers< w/ an >interest in french<
>plantation ruins i include this >collage devoted<
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>to "belle helene" plantation designed by dakin<
>who also designed the cavaroc nola plantation<
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 >please know i developed this photo collage<
>form of correspondence art to communicate<
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+CORRESPONDENCE ART)+
>w/ family in the early 1970s just as you may<
>send >email photo / text combinations today<
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 >we started this blog w/ derek and end it with<
>a collage made when derek's grandfather, my<
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+BRAIN SCAN MACHINE)+
>father, had the first brain scan at new orleans<
>(i much prefer the >electric wisdom machine)<
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+METAPHYSICAL ART+
>is the label i placed on the personal graphics/<
>our family in new orleans were getting older<
>to the point that they couldn't travel any more<
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>so we returned every year 1970-1985 & sent<
>many metaphysical art packets for detail info<
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+OUR FATHER LIVED TO 91 YEARS+
+MY BROTHER WALKER W AS THE+
>(walker & his wife della<
>worked hard caregiving<
>ray kindness a tradition)<
+BEST OF >CARE GIVERS IN NOLA+
+HE HAS A >VERY LARGE< HEART+
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu