+GENIUS IN THE HEAT+ >it was our pleasure to visit chicago prior to new orleans, baton rouge, dallas and sleepy natchitoches on the cane river. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +ECCLESTON-GOFF-MATISSE+ >the chicago art institute provided work of three of my favorite genius artists. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +WILLIAM ECCLESTON+ >the great photographer from memphis was shown in a blockbuster exhibition. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +"DEMOCRATIC CAMERA"+ >eccleston's photographs like that of his alabama friend, william christenberry +FOCUS ON THE EVERYDAY+ (overlooked) +SOUTHERN VIGNETTE+ >a small country store w/dr. pepper sign, >a worn out truck on a lonely dirt road, >the underside of your bed w/ shoes ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +BITS OF DELTA REALITY+ >in color these photos possess poignant beauty and are similar to photographs +CREOLE MILIEU 1945-1995+ >i made in the south of louisiana<. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY+ (corvallis or. exhibition) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >was the scene of a first domestic show of my early architectural drawings in ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +JUST PRIOR TO THE LSU+ +TEACHING INVITATION+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >about 1964 >plus< i exhibited photos of new orleans & the plantations +ROOTS MISE-EN-SCENE+ >to show the matrix of our milieu. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +BRUCE ALONZO GOFF+ >was my first invited architectural guest in 1970 at san diego state university. +RARE REMOTE GENIUS+ >he was a virtually unknown oklahoma child prodigy architect who built +FANTASTIC STRUCTURES+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +SMALL MAN-BIG WORK+ >he has since been discovered and i was delighted that the chicago art institute ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >SHOWED 6 MAGNIFICENT DESIGNS (original graphite drawings) +THAT MADE OTHERS LOOK BAD+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +ROOM OF GIANTS+ >frank lloyd wright, mies van der rhoe, lecorbusier, etc drawings in the same room as bruce goff looked puney ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +EACH OF GOFF'S DRAWINGS WERE+ +LARGE AND VERY IMPRESSIVE+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (check the internet for more) *************************** +THE MATISSE EXHIBITION+ >was another blockbuster show but of his early work, prior to 1920, not my favorite phase of his radiant vision. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +HIS FRENCH RIVIERA PAINTINGS+ (tropique-metaphysique) +OF THE 1940S WIN MY HEART+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +VIBRANT MISE-EN-SCENE+ (artist's radiant essence) >the riviera ambience of our villeneuve, +SAVOY-PROVENCE DUKES+ >valentin-grimaldi ancestors is always +FUEL TO OUR GENETIC MEMORY+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +FERTILE MANIFESTATIONS+ >it is the riviera wind from the south, that (like from the maya in louisiana) brings ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +WARMTH & SOUTHERN CREATIVITY+ (egyptological vision profound) +MAYAN VISION PROFOUND+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +JUNGLE INSPIRATION+ >the red pyramids of the maya were always an inspiration to our young +SOUTHERN METAPHYSICS+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +TROPIC RAILWAY PLANTATION+ (lake borne in the heat) >as our "city of new orleans" streamliner approached our battered old city we heard a passanger point out the +MARIJAUNA PLANTS+ >growing along the rail right of way< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +SWEET RED STRAWBERRIES+ >we had just left my favorite rail station at hammond where lucie verloin degruy ray enjoyed taking the +PANAMA LIMITED+ >favorite train of her son, lloyd, enroute to c.i.a. cloak & dagger work in chicago. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +LUCIE'S PERMANENT SMILE A+ +RESULTANT OF INHALING+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >"green mountain asthma powder"< (heavily laced w/ marijauna) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +PLANTATION DAUGHTER+ >strawberries or marijuana this child of creole plantations deserved the +PLANT KINGDOM'S LARGESSE+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ gene ray, san diego, california

interesting article about Knights Templars May/June issue of "Archaeology" page 20 Kensington Code A puzzling documentary links the Knights Templar to Minnesota' s Enigmatic Runestone