LEONARD da VINCI / precious friend of count michael de gruyere

+LEONARDO da VINCI+

>expressed his genius the strongest when he<

>designed his circular fortress and when he<

+(GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY+

+ / DA VINCI'S FORTRESS)+

>explored the cosmos in his amazing sphere,<

>finding jesus in the >radiance of a centroid<

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+COUNT MICHAEL >de GRUYERE+

>(the >mona lisa was in<

>leonardo's saddle bag)<

+BRINGS LEONARDO to FRANCE+

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>according to gruyere counts biographer >leonardo<

>was raised at the french court w/ king francois Ist<

+(FRANCOIS FOUNDED the+

+FRENCH NATL. LIBRARY+

+WAS A >TAROT< EXPERT)+

>for 8 years & they were like blood brothers with<

>activities closely shared in war, peace & culture<

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+COUNT MICHAEL >KNEW LEONARDO+

+FROM HIS DAYS IN MILAN (BROUGHT+

>(i have recently verified that<

>leonardo went >via gruyere)<

+LEONARDO TO >AMBOISE< >VIA HIS+

+ANCIENT CASTLE GRUYERE (SWISS)+

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 +DA VINCI'S COSMIC VISION+
>as many of you know, >leonardo da vinci<
>is the >strongest persona of inspiration to<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / "DA VINCI'S GHOST")+
>my work / >see my Facebook page< for a<
>series of fine british reviews of this book<
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 +DA VINCI'S ARMILLARY SPHERE+
>the most >amazing factor of toby lister's book<
>for me is the >da vinci illustration's< >of this<
+GOOGLE :>>> LEONARDO DA+
+VINCI / ARMILLARY SPHERE+
>armillary sphere / the position of jesus at the<
>very center  >suggests a cosmic< over view<
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+DA VINCI'S MODULAR+
>a leonardo illustration of the construction<
>of his vitruvian man proportional drawing<
+GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / GEOMANCY DESIGN
>stresses the importance of geomancy with<
>his >evaluation of our architectural reality<
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 +CORBU'S MODULAR+
>le corbusier the >most fascinating french<
>modern architect for me,< >earned much<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+LE CORBUSIER DESIGN)+
>appreciation for his >focus on da vince's<
>vitruvian man in his own modular theory<
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 +TULANIAN PUBLICATIONS+
>it has been >an honor to have my work<
>exhibited & published in >10 countries<
+(GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY/+
+TULANEAN MAGAZINE)+
>but a special reward was "the tulanian"<
>magazine to >twice publish my oeuvre<
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 +SILVER SHIP STUDIO+
>a professor's studio should reflect research<
>that places the oeuvre in a leaders position<
+(GOOGLE :>>> EUGENE RAY /+
+VISIONARY ARCHITECTURE)+
>my view of teaching architecture is that an<
>important attitude< is >vision always vital<
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 +SCI ARC LECTURE+
>in the last decade of my teaching career,<
>slide presentations of the theory behunx<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>> / YOUTUBE VIDEO)+
>my work became valuable /  >this blog<
>continues that w/ an expanded potential<
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 +AGRICULTURAL VILLAS+
>although my primary architectural focus<
>in california was affordable housing the<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+CALIFORNIA VILLAS)+
>clients w/ $$$ came to my door / >i had<
>then a vision for californias villa design<
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+DISCLAIMER+
>money was not my interest, ever / the<
>charge to my clients was 1/2 average<
+(MONEY WAS NOT+
+MY >INTEREST<)+
>architectural fees / >plus projects that<
>involved students was >done w/o fee<
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+SDSU ENVIRON DESIGN 1969-80+
>our studio classroom about 1974 / >two years<
>earlier >forest wilson< editor of "progressive<
>architecture" magazine in new york >sent me<
+(FROM THE EARLIEST DAYS+
+DESTINY WAS >GENEROUS)+
>to lecture in cuernavaca and >alerted CBS tv<
>L.A.<  who  >sent a crew to record our work<
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 +SDSU ENVIRON DESIGN 1980-96+
>the completion of the silver ship in 1980 was<
>the beginning of many publications,, lectures<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / EXHIBITIONS 1980-96)+
>and exhibitions / also our students won many<
>competitions / i have written much about this>
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+BECAUSE MONEY WAS NOT MY+
+FOCUS and ECONOMY HOUSING+
>(the forces of evil even tried<
>to have pres. day curtail me)<
+WAS, I WAS LABELED  >"COMMY"+
(NOW, I AM LABELED "ROYALIST")+
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>resilient biomorphic structure to resist the<
>natural disasters was our strength / this is<
+(RESILIENT STRUCTURE+
+& ENERGY = "AWARDS")+
>not to this day taught in standard schools<
>of architecture / >biotronics also our star<
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+DNA (GENETIC) MEMORY HAS+
+VITAL HISTORY REVELATIONS+
>(someday an interesting book<
>can be  >readily< assembled)<
+for >LIFE-WORK ACCOUNTING+
+BLOG as ART FORM is UNIQUE+
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>my failure >is as "social" being<
>i am very, very sorry about this<
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+IT is COMPLICATED & SAD+
>(apologies to all concerned<
>gratitude for >forgiveness)<
+BAFFLES ME COMPLETLY+
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu