GENIUS IN A ROME PILGRIMAGE / leonardo / torosantucci / fellini / rosati

+VIA MARGUTA IS THE >"ART+

>(without art, there is<

>only<  "existence")<

+STREET" OF RADIANT ROME+

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>via marguta is a few steps from "scalinata di spagna"<

>our hotel &  is the street where federico fellini lived<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+

+SCALINATA DI SPAGNA)+

>plus is where the "roman holiday"cafe is located / a<

>famed 1950s film starring greg peck-audrey hepburn<

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+"ROSATI"+
>the >world famed cafe, is located down the street<
>in the "piazza del popolo" >locus of an obelisk of<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>> / ROSATI CAFE)+
>egypt and filled w/ the ghosts of leonardo da vinci<
>michaelangelo & raphael / >join me there tonight<
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+LEONARDO DA VINCI+
>as you know, enlightens my days and tonight<
>i include a >few of his sketches to remind us<
+(GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY+
+ / LEONARDO DA VINCI)+
>of the >cosmic consciousness< that fueled his<
>amazing oeuvre / flight was a major objective<
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 +"MAN IN FLIGHT"+
>this >remarkable drawing by leonardo<
>illustrates the intimate view of man as<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+LEONARDO GRAPHICS)+
>aviator / we can sense w/ leonardo the<
>interface of man, nature & his machine<
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 +TENSILE CONNECTION+
>in a time when mankind was building heavy<
>and very expensive buildings, leonardo was<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / COSMIC CONSCIOUS)+
>exploring the cosmic conscious world that i<
>am absorbed by / affordable tensile structure<
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+REMEMBER :  >HEAVY BUILDINGS+
>(heavy buildings >require<
>large, expensive footings)<
+ARE VERY EXPENSIVE BUILDINGS+
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 +WING / PLANE SEARCH+
>leonardo studied the wings of birds to<
>design the wings of air planes / warped<
+(RESEARCH FOR THE+
+ / "WRIGHT FLYER")+
>planes are light but very strong /  >500<
>years later the wright brothers solution<
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 +500 YEARS AHEAD+
>leonardo da vinci was 500 years ahead<
>of his time in many categories / >flight<
+(GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY /+
+LEONARDO INVENTIONS)+
>was certainly one of those categories as<
>these graphics illustrate w/ his sketches<
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 +MARIO TOROSANTUCCI+
>the roman hot chocolate was so thick<
>and good it was sinful / the drama of<
+(ECSTASY WAS OURS+
+AT HOTEL HASSLER)+
>classical music in old rome was very<
>powerful / find it on my Facebook pg<
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 +LIFE AS GRAND OPERA+
>it was in the >grand hotel hassler, across<
>the street from our "scalinata di spagna"<
+(GOOGLE : TOROSANTUCCI /+
+PERSONAL COMPOSITION)+
>that marianne & i >found life as grand<
>opera in a music of mario torosantucci<
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 +"CAFE ROSATI" / ROME+
>in 1969, after receiving my mfa degree<
>i followed the >footsteps of fllw to italy<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>> / "CAFE ROSATI")+
>& discovered cafe roaati / >feliini's star<
>was bright in this his very famous "club"<
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 +"HOTEL ART" / ROME+
>for those who are "with it" / hotel art is<
>perhaps your place in rome / it is new,<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / FEDERICO FELLINI)+
>it is bright and it is 4 stars / >their sign<
>looked special near >fellini's old abode<
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 +"OSTERIA MARGUTA" / ROME+
>marian & i dined here in the 1980s / this<
>was the cafe in the film "roman holiday"<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / "ROMAN HOLIDAY")+
>w/ gregory peck & audry hepburn / this<
>cafe was very humble. >now it is grand<
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 +MARIANNE / VIA MARGUTA+
>it gave me great pleasure to introduce<
>rome's "art street" to >marianne as we<
+(THE GREAT "ART WALK" /+
+"ROME-BEAUTY-"M&M"")+
>walked to the "rosati cafe" in piazza del<
>popolo / >we passed fellini;s residence<
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+MARIANNE / "CAFE  ROSATI"+

>finally we arrived to the "cafe rosati"for<

>our lunch, "alfresco" on a radiant roman<

+(GHOST OF FELLINI /+

+AT >EVERY TABLE<)+

>day /at night the >ilm crowd parade here<

>their ferraris & maserattis / the talk loud<

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 +ROSATI SECRETS / ROME+
>be certain to >explore the interior of "cafe<
>rosatti" / >perhaps< you shall find fellini's<
+(FELLINI'S GHOST HAS+
+BECOME LEGENDARY+)
>ghost / you can purchase a variety of very<
>special gifts / fellini's fame shall never die<
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+"CAFE ROSATI" / 1969-2016+

>it had been 47 years since i first saw cafe<

>rosati on a hot roman night / an american<

+(SEE FELLINI'S SURREAL+

+FILM / "FELLINI ROMA")+

>?boulivardier"double parked his ferrari in<

>front, tipping the cops to watch it for him<

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+TEARS COME TO MY EYES+

>when i remember >marian w/ me here<

>our hotel marguta, only a few steps in<

>the next street / we had a room on the<

+(MARIAN, >MY LOVE+

+POIGNANT MEMORY)+

>roof (there were only two) marian had<

>a wonderful time in rome in the 1980s<

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+MARIANNE ALSO  ENJOYED+

>(marianne had been >our<

>friend for 10 years when<

>marian died from cancer)<

+CAFE ROSATI'S "AMBIENCE"+

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>"secret rome" is the book one must<

>have to discover the amazing & the<

+("SECRET ROME"+

+IS A MUST READ)+

>vast amount of magical places one<

>can find in this radiant historic city<

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+I DEDICATE THIS >BLOG TO+

>(they >proceeded me here<

>john was a "time" stringer<

>covering war in palestine)<

+MY FRIENDS JOHN & TANIA+

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eugene ray, mfa, architect

professor emeritus, sdsu