FRENCH ARTISTS / POETS / antoine de st. exupery / corbu, my heroes

+ANTOINE de ST. EXUPERY+

>the great french poet-aviator >("night flight" author)<

>flew the early >french mail planes toulouse to dakar<

+(GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY /+

+ANTOINE de ST. EXUPERY)+

>students in my "synergetic environ" class will recall<

>i named one of our public night events "night flight"<

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+CHATEAU de ST. EXUPERY+

>the ancestral roots of the great poet can be found<

>north of bordeaux, (my cavaroc / lamothe roots)<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+/ CHATEAU LA MOTHE)+

>marianne and i stayed in >chateau lamothe early<

>one spring w/ a highway sign seen "st. exupery"<

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+ANTOINE de ST. EXUPERY >DIED+

+FLYING HIS P38 FIGHTER< OVER+

>(marian and i dined in a<

>paris restaurant named<

> after his >"little prince")<

+THE MED >DURING 2nd  W. WAR+

+HIS FABULOUS BOOKS A MUST+

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>the chateau >de st exupery is an elegant place<

>designed w/ some ingredients of the templars<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+>>/ TEMPLAR DESIGN)+

>a powerful aura fills the air here / a link found<

>here connects st exupery >w/ toulouse counts<

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 >corbu's great synergetic talent as painter<
>and designer >reminds me of dave fobes<
+(DAVE FOBES ABILITY+
+IS MUCH LIKE CORBU)+
>great combined world class talents />see<
>tonight's end note addressing dave's link<
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 >about the time >de st exupery<  was lost over<
>the mediterranian, >lecorbuaier was designing<
+("2 HORSES" DESIGN+
+BY >LE CORBUSIER)+
>his version of a "peoples car" for citroen / this<
>design did influence cotroen's "deux chaveau"<
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>corbu's architecture was influenced by the<

>"sacred architecture" theory of st. bernard<

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+ / SACRED GEOMETRY)+

>designing cathedrals and over 250 abbeys<

>for his cistercians / >gruyere / rougemont<

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 >my design for "desert incidents" a huge<
>semi outdoor ufo museum with a tensile<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / "DESERT INCIDENTS")+
>"teflon" tent cover would reflect the use<
>of advanced "biotronic" energy systems<
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 >dining "alfresco" or out of doors was child<
>of the south of italy and france / please see<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / CAPRI & CAP FERRAT)+
>my essays about >capri, positiono & french<
>riviera places like >cap ferret & villefranche<
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 >yesterday i wrote about >research< carried out<
>in the south of france >for adoption to our own<
+("ALFRESCO" PROTOTYPES of+
+SEASIDE RESORT RESEARCH)+
>seaside resorts / >a restaurant<, top, and beach<
>club prototype, below, reflect my french work<
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>lesser known >architecture from my oeuvre is<
>the elementary >school for deaf children (top)<
+(TEMPLAR DESIGN FOR+
+THE REMOTE TROPICS)+
>on the bohol phillipines island & >mausoleum<
>(bottom) for the town of thibodeaux, louisiana<
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 >italian villas of tuscany were important<
>to my european research / i once rented<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>> / MEDICI VILLAS)+
>a car to photograph tuscany medici villis<
>finally i researched at >berenson's i-tatti<
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 >my >california villa concepts have been<
>widely exhibited and >published w/ solar<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>/ SOLAR HEATING)+
>heating as >important an concept factor<
>rewarded by >french government books<
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 >marianne learned to drive on sunset boulevard,
>the famed strip of the stars (many "star" in her<
+TY POWER PICKED UP+
>(mariann at 12 yrs<
>power was >usher)
+QUARTER IN CHURCH+
>life history) so the graphic below has her famed<
>fox theatre / above my work w/ color and light<
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 >metaphysical graphics >synergises life and<
>work which the >internet blog< has made a<
+(NIGHTLY BLOG / AS OUR+
+"REAL TIME" ART MEDIA)+
>living art form / >"real time" current< as my<
>friend dave suggests / a very profound view<
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+PLEASE SEE MY FACEBOOK+
>(hear francoise hardy sing<
>(now) the  >music of my<
>daily >link with the stars)<
+PAGE FOR DAILY UPDATES+
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>SPECIAL >FACEBOOK< NOTICE+  !
>an issue has just come to my attention<
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>DAVE FOBES ON >FACEBOOK+
>(i have posted >five of my favorite<
>photos pf daves >radiant< oeuvre<
>on my Facebook /+special blogs)<
+FIVE PHOTOS OF HIS OEUVRE+
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+DAVE DESERVES TO HAVE+
+(DAVE IS >WORLD CLASS<)+
>(sdsu is advertising a position<
>that dave>deserved long ago<
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>an illness of academia is the<
>unfair instructor's treatment)<
+A SDSU >DESIGN POSITION+
+NOW >BEING ADVERTISED+
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu