METAPHYSICAL GRAPHICS / companion to architectural graphics

+LEONARDO DA VINCI+

>is >revealed as a human< in his notebooks<

>as well as his >transcendent architecture &<

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+ / LEONARDO DA VINCI)+

>inventions which impress us so much now<

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+FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT+

>revealed himself poetically in his thorough<

>autobiography which he wrote fairly early<

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+FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT)+

>in his long career / >he lived, as my father<

>did past his 90th birthday,>(student aided)<

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+METAPHYSICAL GRAPHICS+

>that i have produced >since moving to<

>california in 1969 >are in my way, the<

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+CORRESPONDENCE ART)+

>art medium that reveals personal life &<

>thought / (originally for family-friends)<

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 >although my >annual faculty exhibitions< were<
>primarily >architectural graphics< i increasingly<
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+FACULTY EXHIBITIONS)+
>made an effort to exhibit metaphysical graphics<
>that >reveal inner psychic forces driving design<
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 >1983, my >classroom-studios< in the >new art<
>building at sdsu >reflects discussion references<
+(ENVIRON. DESIGN+
+CLASS / SDSU 1983)+
>models & drawings on the table at my position<
>with exhibition material in the back on pedestals<
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 1973, my >metaphysical graphics< studio in<
>lajolla at >7426 fay avenue< located in the<
+(MAIL ART >GRAPHICS+
+STUDIO / LAHOLLA 73)+
>living room of our >garden apartment w/ a<
>peach tree in front /marian, derek, bron, me<
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 >1973,  >metaphysical graphics< corner display<
>includes two lajolla cosmic conscious paintings<
+(ORGANIC XEROGRAPHICS+
+/ AFRICA-MEXICO-PLANTS)+
>plus enlarged >organic african & mexican photos<
>& one african film poster plus my xerox-graphics<
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 >1970 / "the house in orange street", (top half<
>folded over) photo collage xerographic. 8 1/2<
+(CREOLE JUNGLE OWNER+
+AWAITS ALIENS W/ GUN)+
>inch by 14 inch expresses a creole house ruin<
>in nola garden grown wild into tropical jungle<
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 >1983, the major metaphysical graphics effort<
>(progenitor of this daily blog) was via packets<
+(MAIL ART GRAPHICS+
+SENT IN >PACKETS<)+
>of correspondence art (above) sent to family &<
>friends / emphasis on creole organics & plants<
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 >1993, the quality of the >mail art collage<
>reached its zenith in the early nineties w/<
+(CREOLE GRAPHIC ART+
+focus PLANT KINGDOM)+
>emphasis on our creole organic history in<
>nola >profound w/ plant kingdom linkage<
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 >1993, >mail art collage< focus on french<
>cinema "the lovers" >set in a magnificent<
+(FRENCH >CINEMA SET+
+IN ANCIENT CHATEAU)+
>french chateau complete w/ night sounds<
>& beautiful jeanne moreau /(night gown)<
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 >1993, >tropique magique, the magic of deep<
>summer organics in the former french colony<
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+>> / GENETIC MEMORY)+
>where the >jungle night sounds are forever in<
>our deepest metaphysical and genetic memory<
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 >1993, >plantation ruins< became a life long<
>passion for me as i >spent hours looking for<
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+ / PLANTATION RUINS)+
>the shreds left of creole ruins / piles of brick<
>parts is >all i could find of many plantations<
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 >1993, this final >correspondence art collage<
>for tonight is a >special childhood< memory<
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+ST. ANTHONY SCHOOL)+
>of education / in this case >stronger< french<
>african colonial mise-en-scene seed essence<
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+VITAL LINKAGE >CONNECTS+
+"METAPHYSICAL GRAPHICS"+
>(just as in this daily >blog<
>combining >life & work)<
+W/ ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN+
+TO FORM >WHOLE SYNERGY+
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>long time san diego friend of the red bungalows<
>historian, book man "surf blurb" editor joe tabler<
+(JOE TABLER HEALTH NOTE
+LEUKEMIA IS TREATABLE)+
>ill w/ leukemia has upbeat report of his illness as<
>being treatable as compared w/ our youthful days<
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+ALOHA HEALTH WISHES JOE+
+PRAYER HAS >MUCH POWER+
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu