ORGANIC ROMAND ROOTS / gruyere, orient forest, nola, to sansouci

+JOHN & TANIA+

>as i have written were my >confidants in<

>new orleans after john had been my very<

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+ / LSU ARCHITECTURE)+

>talented student at LSU in feb. 1965 after<

>i had completed 5 years of my early work<

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+JOHN WAS A LEADER+

>of the group of LSU students i had the<

>pleasure to teach in the mid-sixties &<

>i have >written about our success w/<

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+ACOSTA & BURROUGHS)+

>winning competitions using prototype<

>approach toward >affordable concepts<

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+ORGANIC ROMAND ROOTS+

>may very well be what >galvanized< my<
>effort >teaching prefab prototype design<
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+> / GENETIC MEMORY)+
>via knights templar >genetic memory w/<
>my students at lsu and sdsu award wins<
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 >the castle at gruyere switzerland is the<
>romand roots of the >counts of gruyere<
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+COUNTS OF GRUYERE)+
>degruy knights templar ancestors / read<
>"the counts of gruyere" free on the web<
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 >"desert incidents" ufo / et technology<
>museum for the california desert that<
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+> / DESERT INCIDENTS)+
>i envision would use tensile structure<
>inspired by >prefab space technology<
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 >john and tania were >vital correspondents<
>for me to >send my mail art graphics< that<
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+ / MAIL ART GRAPHICS)+
>had strong metaphysical subjects which as<
>new orleans natives they could understand<
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 >our residence-studio >in the sansouci<
>forest was >visited by john & tania &<
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+> / SANSOUCI FOREST)+
>because it was remote, their visit was<
>special & had strong design empathy<
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 >here are 3 of my new orleans designs / >2<
>published in the sunday new orleans times<
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+>> / TIMES PICAYUNE)+

>picayune / 1 below, published in new york<

>photos by my friend & alum john messina <

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 >john had been a photographer for time<
>magazine in palestine / he & tania were<
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+>>>> / TRAYLOR APT)+
>a working team and john's photos were<
>perfect in capturing >best of my design<
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 >"jazz workshop" was my >final completed<
>project in the >new orleans vieux carre / it<
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+ / THE JAZZ WORKSHOP)+
>expressed my >love for new orleans & was<
>the inspiration for the annual nola jazz fest<
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 >it was my joy to discover the ESP used by<
>augustus la plongeon in finding chak mool<
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+>> / MAYAN, YUCATAN)+
>this >mayan yucatan milieu was so special<
>at LSU i posted a drawing of uxmal palace<
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 >tatiana proskouriakoff >a famed archaeologist<
>who created this mayan vision >had a talent to<
+(GOOGLE :>>> EUGENE RAY /+
+TATIANA PROSKOURIAKOFF)+
>recreate life in the yucatan / john, tania & i had<
>much shared empathy of the mayan civilization<
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 >dave goldberg, like john and tania was<
>another alumnus (SDSU) who went on<
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+>>>> / VISUAL EFFECTS)+
>to make a fine career / in dave's case it<
>was sharing the academy award in film<
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 >i enjoy seeing Facebook photos of the<
>lives of >artist / architect friends< like<
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+ / TOULOUSE LAUTREC)+
>antoine predock / >in my case toulouse<
>lautrec ancestors >linked to our degruy<
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 >"bordeaux venyard ruin" >4 photo collage<
>expresses the >devotion i feel for our roots<
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+ BORDEAUX PLANTATION)+
>in france / >i found this via a purchase< in<
>london of a bordeaux vinyard history book<
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 >after i retired from SDSU i >began a huge<
>project creating many binder books w/ my<
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+ / MAIL ART  GRAPHICS)+
>architectural & metaphysical graphics / >2<
>graphics above are >typical of that project<
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+BUCKY IS BACK+
>S.D. Rep Theatre is bringing back<
>R. Buckminster Fuller: The History(and<
>Mystery) of the Universe),  >3.16 to 4,3<
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+BUCKMINSTER FULLER+
>our career in architecture deeply<
>relates to fullers from the first of<
>his 41/2 hour talks i heard in 65<
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+"COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS"+
+WAS HIS MODUS OPERANDI+
>(his organization  >selected<
>us for their last conference)<
+HE WAS AN >INSPIRATION<+
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu