WHAT DOES IT MEAN / this thing called "LIFE" ? / GRATITUDES !

+GRATITUDE+

>to marianne my beautiful bride who was<

>my companion tonight "under the stars"<

+(ROMAN SANG "CORE N'+

+GRATA" >FABULOUSLY+

+W/ STANDING OVATION)+

>listening to >tommy gannon and roman<

>palacios at the radiant la valemcia hotel< 

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+GRATITUDE+

>to my old lsu alumni friend john messina<

>architect and master photographer (hope<

>all saw the PBS pedro guerero doc video<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+>>> / JOHN MESSINA)+

>he was FLLW photographer) / john was<

>kind to send photo in >martin's nola bar<

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

+JOHN DOCUMENTED MUCH+

>(1965-1969 in san souci<

>forest , nola and tulane)< 

+OF MY NOLA LIFE & WORK+

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>john & tania his also multi talented wife<

>were more like >brother & sister as they<

+(GOOGLE :>> EUGENE RAY /+

+ / VIEUX CARRE PROJECTS)+

>gave me much spiritual support in many<

>important very >wise and kind sharings<

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >john was the top student in my very first<
>teaching assignment (lsu 4th year design)<
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+LSU / BATON ROUGE / 65)+
>when we met i was designing this office<
>for >landscape architects in west virginia<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >i had just returned from a  visit to california<
>where i met lloyd wright (left) & bruce goff<
+(ERIC LLOYD WRIGHT+
+WAS OUR DRIVER)+ !
>who were very kind in sharing their oeuvre<
>(here we >drove to a st. barbara exhibition)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >it was in  >french museums & libraries<
>that i become radiant w/ joy & comfort<
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+>> / MUSEE D'ORSAY)+
>this is in the musee d'orsay, interior by<
>my >italian architect friend gae aulenti<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>marianne & i on the >queen mary II enroute<
>to london & paris from new york  (8 nights)<
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>it was in paris & the >university of nancy<
>france where in >1985 my work received<
>the honors that were a >great joy / john &<
+(PARIS WAS  MY REWARD+
+NEW YORK >WAS J. & T.'s)+
>tania had received much publication fame<
>w/ john's photography and tania's writing<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>gratitude to many of you who have collected<
>my metaphysical graphics via mail art and to<
+(GRATITUDE TO RALPH+
+MR. PAPER SAN DIEGO)+
>my friend alum, ralph bowman w/ memories<
>of our >sunday morning swap meet searches<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >photography also meant much to me as<
>did my french heritage and i combined<
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+ / METAPHYSICAL ART)+
>the two via >correspondence art collage<
>into a metaphysical expression medium<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >it was synchronistic that my design mentor<
>leonardo da vimci >designed two entrance<
+SDSU ENTRY TOWERS+
+ / LEONARDO DESIGN+ !?
>towers at langres france that >marianne & i<
>saw the >day we visited "magny fouchard"<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >in lajolla california i constructed my "silver<
>ship" home and studios in >1980 & 5 years<
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+ / A+U JAPAN JOURNAL)+
>later the >french & japanese followed italian<
>precedent in publications & >paris exhibition<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >this seligman residence >paid for marian<
>& my first trip to the west coast / 17 days<
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+ / FIRST L.A. TRIP / 1964)+
>camping out, >photographing wright and<
>goff structures enroute + l.a. family joys)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >in recent months it has become very clear<
>to me that our verloin degruy ancestors in<
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+ / ST BERNARD DESIGN)+
>louisiana who built the ONLY dome sugar<
>mill were very influenced by st. bernard &<
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+>> / GENETIC MEMORY)+
>his vast design & construction (250 abbeys<
>the brains of the cathedrals) & the templars<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

+THE ORIENT FOREST was  >MULTI+
>(gruy chateau 15 km from clairvaux<
>the le ray >shroud chapel & grand<
>orient >masonic lodge of templars<
>first< on the  >european continent)<
+FANTASTIC >HISTORICAL LOCUS+ !
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>no wonder the >gruy in 18th century<
>louisiana >became architects devoted<
+(THE INTERNET HAS+
+GIVEN ME A VISION)+
>to knights templar sacred architecture<
>which >synchronistically< i absorbed<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+I AM STILL WAITING FOR A+
>(i am talking about the<
>orient forest< >history<
>not my family history)<
+SCHOLAR TO >WRITE THIS+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu