"SUNNY COUNTRY" / our love for southern california, france & mexico

+LETTER @ 4 TO RENE PERALTA+

+ARCHITECT, SDSU PROFESSOR+

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>ref his interest in my architecture and life<

>w/ >>a desire to publish< a >monograph<

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+DEAR PROF; PERALTA+

>as i have mentioned the hundreds of blogs<

>i have published provide a large amount of<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+BLOG AS >ART FORM<)+

>data on my life and work. plus the letters i<

>publish for you<  >should be very helpful<

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 +"SUNNY COUNTRY"+
>tonights blog, expresses the draw of warmth<
>jn southern california, france & mexico as a<
+(GOOGLE :>>>> EUGENE RAY /+
+FRENCH TROPIC SYNDROME)+
>profound factor in my life and work / a move<
>to san diego in 1969 was tied to mexico love<
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+BAY ACCESS PARK+
>latino culture in san diego< was >vital in<
>my interests and teaching at SDSU / >our<
+(LATIN WAS LANGUAGE+
+OF MY FR. ANCESTORS)+
>park design teams included latin students<
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 +BAY ACCESS PARK+
>my own new orleans heritage included+
>french, spanish & italian latin DNA w/<
+(SPANISH was >LANGUAGE+
+/ MY SPANISH ANCESTORS)+
>much appreciation of tropic syndrome<
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 +BAY ACCESS PARK+
>a team of students in my sdsu environ design<
>class  >developed a master plan for a park in<
+(MEXICO WAS VITAL TO+
+MY SDSU DESIGN VIEW)+
>the shadow of the coronado bridge including<
>a community center / we were given awards<
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 +RADIANT CONCEPTS+
>my passion for >color, light, energy< at<
>SDSU as i designed the curriculum< for<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENERAY+
+>> / ENVIRON MEDIA)+
>environmental design resulted in environ<
>media a >class w/ many< photo invention<
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 +LECTURES+
>i began my lectures at oregon state univ.<
>in 1964  / >my exhibition there featured<
+(I  STARTED TALKING+
+HAD >MUCH TO SAY)+
>the >architecture but also< french milieu<
>w/ a focus on >"french tropic syndrome"<
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 +LECTURES+
>after 1985 my lectures all over the world<
>supported by a >two screen presentation<
+(THE MESSAGE >WAS+
+COMPLEX AS BLOGS)+
>of color slides became vital / 10 country<
>involvement w/ >mexico first after u.s.a.<
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+CUERNAVACA, MEXICO+
>centre for intercultural documentation<
>in cuernavaca mexico was my very 1st<
+(IVAN & SASHA ILLICH+
+ / FAMED EDUCATORS+
+INVITED my LECTURE)+
>international lecture venue in about 71<
>was invited to lecture / housing design<
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 +EXHIBITIONS+
>this is "eccentric places" international<
>architectural exhibition at SDSU that i<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+> / ECCENTRIC PLACES)+
>curated & built / in turn  i exhibited &<
>lectured in many international venues<
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 +LAJOLLA STUDIO 1970+
>our 1st apartment in lajolla was in 1970<
>just off wind n sea beach / my drawing<
+(GOOGLE :>> EUGENE RAY /+
+ELECT. WISDOM MACHINE)+
>board already produced several projects<
>"the electric wisdom machine"< is here<
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+TIM VREELAND+
>head of the ucla architecture dept made<
>a surprise visit to me here on the advice<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>> / FOREST WILSON)+
>of >forest wilson<, editor of progressive<
>arch. mag.  (who i had sent my work to)<
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 +LAJOLLA BUNGALOWS+
>four years later i was building "pictures<
>metamorphosis" restaurant & writing a<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+L.J. RED BUNGALOWS)+
>paper & >making slide presentations< for<
>historic preservation of 1st ca. bungalows<
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 +SUNNY COUNTRIES+
>much of my research< was ref. to family<
>templar history in france / >orient forest<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>> / ORIENT FOREST)+
>liguria, paris, swiss etc / >apollinaire was<
>vital to their artistic ties (delaunay etc etc<
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 +THE SORCERER+
>spotscars were important to my research<
>because i wanted my economy houses to<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>> / SPORTS HOUSES)+
>have the spirit (important word) of sport<
>cars which are "sunny country" children<
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+SOUTHERN FRANCE+
>drew my bresse, savoy, degruyere ancestors<
>to liguria near nice & cannes / >at cap ferrat<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>> / TEMPLAR DESIGN)+
>villefranche, vence, carnes sur mer & >r.l.c. i<
>found the milieu of my knights templar DNA<
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+MORPHIC FIELDS+
>as we speak i am researching "genetic memory"<
>and have discovered >"morphic energy fields"<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+> / GENETIC MEMORY)+
>which surround us and i>nfluence us & relate<
>to biotronic energy in our architecture volume<
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+WATER PLAYS A >VITAL+
>(a scientist says >"water<
>proves grand designer")<
+ROLE in ENVIRONMENY+
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eugene ray, mfa. architect
professor emeritus, sdsu