COSMIC CONSCIOUS VISION / leonardo da vinci / UFO-ET autumn 2016

+UFO OVER BATON ROUGE+

>in the spring of 1947 a group of friends & i<

>were flying huge kites our dad made very<

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+BATON ROUGE UFO / 47)+

>carefully /  >we flew these very high using<

>several balls of cord (planes were a worry)< 

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+A HUGE SILVER CRAFT+

>(illuminating >my life<

>forever in many ways)<

+APPEARED OVERHEAD+

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>dear friends, it is an amazing experience<

>to see something that is not supposed to<

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+ / EXTRATERRESTRIAL)+

>be in our reality / immediately we know<

>life is >not what we were taught it to be<

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+DEEP GRATITUDE FILLS+

>(my life was  >jump<

>started immediately)<

+MY >CONSCIOUSNESS<+

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 +UFO CRAFT / 1947+
>>although george adamski photographed<
>this craft a few years later, >this matches<
>the craft i saw over baton rouge in about<
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+> / GEORGE ADAMSKI)+
>1947 / >the next year i was given a book<
>by frank lloyd wright that >set my goal<
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 +COSMIC VISION+
>illuminated my life forever / wright's organic<
>architecture was a wonderful start and then i<
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+LEONARDO / ARCHITECT)+
>discovered the cosmic world of leonardo was<
>cosmic consciousness close to  radiant vision<
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+

 +SILVER SHIP / 1980+
>this was a labor of love by myself and a small<
>crew of my students i hired at minimum wage<
+(GRATITUDE :> FOBES / LARA /+
+JUNG / HOUSTON / WOODARD)+
>the design is a >synthesis of the UFO sighting<
>inspiration and my >love for european castles<
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 +CALIFORNIA VILLAS+
>people showed up at my drawing board<
>and classroom >wanting large houses &<
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+ / CALIFORNIA VILLAS)+
>my main concern was affordable houses<
>"california villas" was >result of demand<
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 +RADIANT ARCHITECTURE+
>biotronic energy in architectural volume<
>became an >important focus in california<
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+RADIANT ARCHITECTURE)+
>"radiant architecture" takes organic design<
>into its >ultimate position of nourishment<
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>

 +UNIVERSAL SPHEROID+
>the major residential prototype for biotronic<
>energy in my oeuvre from the 1970s has to<
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+>>>> / UNISPHERE 65')+
>be "UNISPHERE" a 65 ft diameter openable<
>double skin sphere residence w/ inner garden<
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 +OEUVRE 1975+
>it was at the aspen design conference<
>in 1975 that my two exhibition panels<
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+ / ASPEN DESIGN CONF)+
>suddenly expanded focus / my friends<
>reyner & mary banham's interest, vital<
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 +NOLA JAZZ WORKSHOP+
>my friend's john & tania messina were<
>confidantes to my cosmic effort in old<
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+>> / JAZZ WORKSHOP)+
>new orleans / >"jazz workshop" was a<
>progenitor to a present vital "jazz fest"<
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 +NOLA BIOMORPHIC+
>i designed my >1st biomorphic structure<
>in >covington-baton rouge in 1965< and<
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+ / NOLA BIOMORPHIC)+
>this one in new orleans in 1967 / >cosmic<
>consciousness,  >very strong in my vision<
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 +MADRE GRANDE ABBEY+

>monasteries are >very important places<

>in advancing civilization / >bernard de<

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+>>> / MADRE GRANDE)+ 

>clairvaux >hero in my degruy research /<

>john drais of of madre grande my friend<

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 +COSMIC ARCHTYPE+
>french patron alain seligman, >shipbuilder<
>came to me out of the blue wanting design<
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+SELIGMAN RESIDENCE)+
>vision / >this gave me a chance for a cosmic<
>archetype / my degruy ancestors down river<
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+LEONARDO' FORTRESS+
>it was my pleasure to long ago discover<
>this fortress design of leonardo da vinci<
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+ / COSMIC CONSCIOUS)+
>to be cosmic conscious / it is 500 years<
>ahead of others / low, radiant & cosmic<
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+GRATITUDE TO JOHN MESSINA+
+WHO HAS OFFERED PHOTOS of+
>(see my Facebook page for<
>his vita plus my ref. blogs)<
+MY LOUISIANA WORK / >1960s+
+FOR A >FUTURE MONOGRAPH+
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>my oeuvre is so large and complex<
+(STANDARD MODERN+
+VS >COSMIC< VISION+
+LATIN-ANGLO  >DNA)+
>several divisions would be helpful<
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+MARIANNE & I DEPART for a+
>(we shall return later<
>in this harvest week)<
+FEW DAYS IN THE >DESERT+
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu