SUPER REALISM IN FRANCE / is a fascinating perspective of life

+MUSIC TO OUR  EARS+

+ART TO OUR >VISION+

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>caused "transcendental manifestations" in france<

>to appear in >great abundance and fuels our plan<

+(GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY /+

+VILLEFRANCHE sur MER)+

>to >return for the day on september 20th looking<

>for our >de bresse de savoy fort< @ villefranche<

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+WITHOUT ART THERE+

>(our motto in environ<

>design at SDSU arts)<

+IS >NO<  VITAL LIFE<+

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>at villefranche & cap ferrat we shall again<

>find the milieu that galvanized our people<

+(GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY+

+ / ST. JEAN CAP FERRAT)+

>and ourselves / >somerset maugham lived<

>at cap ferret & >i found his villa maresque<

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+LA JOLLA'S GREGORY PECK+

+HAD A >CAP FERRAT HOME +

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 +FRENCH ESSENCE+
>i have written much about >exploring the<
>french & italian riviera seeking examples<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>> / BEACH CLUBS)+
>of architectural archtypes >"beach clubs"<
>were a >euro archetype that i found there<
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+SUPER REALISM+
>is a >french art vision that appolinaire<
>simplified to "surrealism" and in paris<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>> / APPOLINAIRE)+
>it became a heroic art form / in the 70s<
>i saw the >potential in metaphysical art<
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+ASHLEY @ SEVEN+
>ashley ray our artist grand daughter lives<
>out of state but we saw her last october &<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>>> / ASHLEY RAY)+
>it was clear she has >artistic talent / she is<
>seen here w/ a friend on her >7th birthday<
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+RESTORATION, 2016+
>of our sansouci forest studio house may<
>result in a profound link w/ architecture<
+GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>> / "SPORTSHOUSE"+
>of our first phase of work / >a dedicated<
>new forest owner has written me recently<
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+"SPORTSHOUSE", 1960+
>it was in the >sansouci forest 35 miles<
>north of new orleans< that our >glazed<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+> / SANSOUCI FOREST)+
>"sportshouse" archetype< was built in 2<
>months from drawings i made in 2 wks<
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+RAY-BRESSE PLANTS+
>i photographed these magnificent plants<
>on the >cane river< not far from breston<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+CATHERINE de BRESSE)+
>plantation of >de bresse grt grandmother<
>catherine debresse w/ link to villefranche<
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 +FRENCH ALCHEMY+
>alchemy in >egypt w/ imhotep< found a<
>good home in paris @ the "bookshop of<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / ALCHEMY IN PARIS)+
>the marvelous" where the >de le seppes<
>brothers mingled w/ our de gruy people<
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+ORIENT FOREST ROOTS+
>our >de gruy great great grandfather was<
>married to >felicie foucher w/ debore dna<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>> / ORIENT FOREST)+
>link to >scholar charles gayarre / this link<
>was strong w/ vitality of orient forest ties<
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+NEW ORLEANS ROOTS+
>francois verloin de gruy< our >great great<
>grandfather was >a multi talented medical<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+> / GENETIC MEMORY)+
>doctor & architect >educated in paris. this<
>genetic memory is my powerful influence<
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 +COSMIC VISION+
>was important to our orient forest de<
>gruy ancestors >linked to st. bernard<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / RADIANT CONCEPTS)+
>this transferred to our de gruy people<
>in new orleans fueling my nola work<
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+METAPHYSICAL ART+
>was the >companion of my architecture<
>& the >progenitor of these blogs />here<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / METAPHYSICAL ART)+
>we see examples of >metaphysical mail<
>art combining history / genetic memory<
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 +80TH BIRTHDAY+
>marianne and i< >returned to new orleans<
>for my 80th birthday in 2012 / i gave "the<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>> / THNOC ARCHIVE)
>historic new orleans collection" a selection<
>of my architectural drawings (some prints)<
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+FLASH OF LIGHT+
>in the evening sky / is how i see my life<
>& work in the standard course of planet<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+EXTRATERRESTRIAL)+
>earth history / fascinating data awaits w/<
>govt disclosure of extraterrestrial insight<
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+GRATITUDE+
>to neal pendleton for his >recent note<
>inquiring about our degruy family tie<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / CHARLES GAYARRE)+
>via foucher marriage to debore family<
>plantation / >milieu of charles gayarre<
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+CHARLES GAYARRE+
>our debore plantation creole (french)<
>cousin was a great cultural scholar w/<
>many years spent in paris archives / he<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+FOUCHER PLANTATION)+
>became nola mayor & wrote profound<
>books / >(foucher plantation = tulane)<
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+FOUCHER PLANTATION  WAS+
+SITE OF CREOLE CHILDREN's+
>(francois verloin degruy<
>married felicie foucher)<
+FIRST  PLANTATION SCHOOL+
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu