FANTASTICS IN PARIS / apollinaire & gordini meet francoise hardy

+PARIS IS "FANTASTIQUE"+

>no matter how many times i approached<

>the old city by >air, train or car my heart<

+*OUR >ANCIENT PEOPLE+

+SPOKE ANCIENT LATIN)+

>would beat warmly  >much anticipation<

>brought up by  >genetic memory energy<

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+SURREALISM+

>was born and raised in paris thanks to<

>apollinaire, andre breton, max ernst &<

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+SURREALISTS IN PARIS)+

salvador dali (we found apollinaire and<

>dali's homes on fabulous pilgrimages)<

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+THE MARQUIS de SADE &+

+SURREALIST SCHOLARS+

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>the brilliant writer, >francine duplessix gray<

>author of   >"the marquis de sade at home"<

+*GOOGLE :>>>> EUGENE RAY /+

+FRANCINE DUPLESSIX GRAY)+

>must know that the "grand marquis" was a<

>subject of interest by the surrealists in paris<

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 >super-realism< was the  >perfect art form to<
>develop in the >fantastic city of paris with its<
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+>/ ARSENAL LIBRARY)+
>"bookshop of the marvelous"  >plus official<
>french govt "arsenal library" of occult books<
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 >our musical friends >(roman placed "sounds of<
>silence" youtube on Facebook this am) shall be<
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+>>>> / HOTEL CHOPIN)+
>be delighted to stay at the "hotel chopin" in this<
>paris surrealist arcade as marianne & i did once<
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 >apollinaire was an >art scholar-genius who was<
>adept at >recognizing & naming art movements<
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+>>>> / APOLLINAIRE)+
>before others / this sign in a paris skylit "arcade"<
>would catch his eye, >triggering "super realism"<
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 >the surrealists led by apollinaire & andre breton<
>would find this optometry sign in a paris arcade<
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+>> / PARIS "ARCADES")+
>and elevate it to a higher status / arcades in paris<
>go for many blocks and are profound archetypes<
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>the surrealists< quickly >realized the importance<
>of egyptology in paris & egyptian study brought<
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+ / PARIS EGYPYOLOGY)+
>fulcanelli and the alchemists to the "bookshop of<
>the marvelous" w/ nodier & hugo into lime light<
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 >for me the >discovery< of the great paris singer<
>franchise hardy<, was a great boost to my work<
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+>/ FRANCOISE HARDY)+
>during the 80s & 90s in the silver ship / >i shall<
>place some of her lyrical youtubes on facebook<
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 >along the seine river in paris the >"bouquenists"<
>sell books and my friend, alum, ralph bowman's<
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+/ PARIS BOUQUENISTS)+
>"paper", that is graphics in many forms / >these<
>by dufy, reflect a paris popular mode of the 40s<
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>"apollinaire, poet amid the painters" & "michelin<
>guide to sunny countries" of 1912 are 2 fabulous<
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+>>>>/ BLOG STUDIO)+
>books from >paris bookshops that i keep close in<
>my internet blog-website nightly broadcast studio<
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 >"shakespeare and company"< has to be every<
>american's >favorite paris bookshop (today) &<
>i have fond memories of the late owner george<
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+>>/ GEORGE WHITMAN)+
>whitman inviting marian & i to spend the night<
>this was an >honor< reserved for visiting poets<
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 >for my "automobiliste" friends, i have purchased<
>many french books in paris on bugatti, voisin etc<
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+BUGATTI / VOISIN / GORDINI)+
>perhaps amadee gordini "the sorcerer" has found<
>your focus / >i love his excellent economy design<
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 >the south of france has been very important to<
>many artists, designers and myself for a variety<
+(BEAULIEU PROVIDED >US+
+DINNER IN EIFFEL'S HOME)+ !
>of reasons / marianne and marian and i enjoyed<
>beaulieu sur mer, cap ferrat, villefranche much<
>(gustave eiffel's vacation home is now a hotel)<
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+FOFMULA 1 RACING AT MONACO+
>was a radiant memory for me in the 1980s<
>as i took the coastal train from beaulieu as<
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+ / VALENTIN-MONACO+
>there is no cap ferret station / the spectacle<
+(DE GRUY READERS SHALL+
+LIKE MONACO GRUY LINK)+
>was unforgetable / i learned a lot about the<
>french public >beach club facilities design<
>i turned this research into prototype design<
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+I SHALL ALWAYS REMEMBER A+

+MAGNIFICENT GREEN BUGATTI+

>(the >57sc bugatti of 1937<

>most beautiful of his cars)<

+IN FRONT OF THE  "NEGRESCO"+

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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu