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Saturday, April 23, 2016

"FRENCH CURVES" / were my favorite drawing instruments

+>SENSUALITY<>IN DESIGN+
+/ NATURE OUR BEST GUIDE+
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>is the subject of tonight's blog and i am<
>reminded of the play in london "no sex<
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+BIOMORPHIC CONCEPTS)+
>please we're british", >a simplicity with<
>humor in mind perhaps, >but not far off<
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+"FRENCH CURVES"+
>i admit, were my favorite architectural<
>drawing aids and along with compases<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>> / ELISE L. RAY)+
>and a rolling straight edge my aunt lise<
>gave me were used daily in my designs<
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+GIORGIO de CHIRICO+
>the great roman >metaphysical artist<
>was >originally the focus of research<
>for tonight's blog / >i love his famed<
+(GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY+
+ / METAPHYSICAL ART)+
>view of cafe de greco in rome as the<
>place like naples "a good place to die"
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 >yes, >rome is a fascinating city and italy<
>a country that has touched my heart many<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+> / ANDRE MALRAUX)+
>times (first olympian to win while wearing<
>sun glasses) >but my french dna< wins all<
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 >it was my scholarly sdsu professor emeritus<
>friend tom cox phd whose gift of two french<
>cultural magazine that awakened me /  >this<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>> / MANON LESCAUT)+
>sensual lady is an opera star in manon lescaut<
>the opera w/ "chevalier des grieux" (yes gruy)<
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 >sensuality in design is found vividly on the<
>rear cover of these "france-amerique" mags<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>> / AIR FRANCE)+
>in the >air france advertisement radiant red<
>color / "france is in the air" makes its point<
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>brassai< the great hungarian photographer<
>of parisian life captured this classic street<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / PARIS "CAFE FLORE")+
>cafe terrace milieu / >marianne and i have<
>enjoyed especially the "cafe flore", 6th arr<
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>apollinaire was a brilliant art critic born<
>in monaco who >invented french names<
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+ / ROBERT DELAUNAY)+
>like "surrealism" and "orphism"/ corbu's<
>sensual ronchamp chapel takes the prize<
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 >my beloved marianne seen here on the<
>sensuous curving grand staircase of the<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>> / QUEEN MARY 2)+
>cunard queen mary 2 / >this staircase is<
>the radiant heart of cunard lobby milieu<
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 >the great spanish architect "calatrava"<
>has >produced an oeuvre< of light and<
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+BIOMORPHIC STRUCTURE)+
>sensuous curvilinear architecture with<
>radiant >biomorphic structure his best<
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>the >radiant sensuous< quality of this sea<
>situated >solar protected bio-structure< in<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+SYNERGETIC ENVIRON)+
>singapore reflects my >"synergetic" proto<
>type concepts i have >shown many times<
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 >"radiant architecture" is the title i have given<
>to concepts w/ synergetic and especially that<
+(GOOGLE :>> EUGENE RAY /+
+RADIANT ARCHITECTURE)+
>w/ biotronic energy biomorphic design / my<
>exhibitions, lectures & this blog as evidence<
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 >"cosmic consciousness"< as i have noticed<
>has been the >positive personal reaction< i<
+(GOOGLE :>> EUGENE RAY /+
+COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS)+
>have felt after UFO encounter / (the native<
>american population has also experienced)<
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>marianne and i are >looking forward to<
>rome where our >"scalinata di spagna"<
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+ / GIORGIO de CHIRICO)+
>hotel< is close to >giorgio de chirico's<
>townhouse now a fascinating museum<
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+"METAPHYSICAL ART" THE+
+GREAT  VISION OF CHIRICO+
>(this >art concept has fueled<
>my >xerox mail art graphics<
>using photographic collage)<
+EXPRESSES A >DEEP INNER+
+>GENETIC MEMORY< SEEN+
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu








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