+FRENCH VIEWING TECHNIQUE+ > the ability to "see" w/ french eyes< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +UNTRANSLATABLE FRENCH+ >the discussion regarding translating of french into english reminds me of my +PARISIAN FRENCH SPOKEN+ +MOTHER-GRANDMOTHER+ >mother's telling me as a child that certain words were without the ability to accurately translate. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +MORE IMPORTANT FOR ME IS THE+ +ABILITY TO SEE VIA "FRENCH EYES"+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +CLARENCE JOHN LAUGHLIN+ >my old new orleans friend of the 1960s possessed this ability in a profound +WORLD CLASS PHOTOS W/+ +SURREALIST VISION+ >way and insisted on being buried in paris' pere lachaise cemetary. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +NEW ORLEANS-PARIS VIEW+ >(see "chateau de fleurs" on the www >CLARENCE SURREALIST VISION< >cavaroc milieu< >(libraire du mervielleux >reference, paris) +de LESEPPES PLANTATION+ >in st. bernard parish<) ^^^^^^^^^^^^ +ROBERT HARBISON+ >(professor, arch. assoc. london)< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >is another great talent w/ the ability to +SEE W/ FRENCH VIEWING TECHNIQUE+ >a form of super (surrealism) realism< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >(remember my discussion of >apollinaire and andre breton< +GOOGLE SEARCH+ >who were masters of this) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +ARCHITECTURE ASSOCIATION+ >located in london, is probably the best architecture school in the world and was my favorite lecture venue in +THE DECADE OF THE 1990s+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +"ECCENTRIC SPACES"+ >by prof. robert harbison< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >is the great book in reference to sight of architecture and environment via +FRENCH VIEWING TECHNIQUE+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +SHIPS IN THE NIGHT+ >peter cook and dennis crompton were my hosts when i lectured at the arch. +ARCHIGRAM GROUP LONDON+ (world class designers) >assoc. and i an not certain if robt. harbison was there but we do +SHARE MUCH IN COMMON+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +DREAMING ROOMS : SANCTUMS+ (chapter 2 of eccentric spaces) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +FRENCH CASTLE RADIANCE+ >draws reference to gothic castles which strikes such a warm reponse to my ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +DEEP PSYCHIC MEMORY+ >especially the various french castles >that dot the degruy landscape< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +GRIMALDI-VALENTIN CASTLES+ >antibes/cagnes/les baux/monaco< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >picasso was so enamored by the year of living and working in the castle at antibes that he bought castles +FOR THE REST OF IS LIFE+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +PETIT VAL CASTLE+ >of abel de marigny, brother of our +LA POMPADOUR+ >is located 12 miles from paris at +DE EN BRIE SUCY, FRANCE+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >it is now a private school w/ abel's portrait still there but no sign of our famous historical persona. +MARIGNY-LIVAUDAIS+ +du SEAU de LA COIX+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^ ? >were they lost in the revolution<? >like so many of our people< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +SEVEN FRENCH KINGS+ >amazingly seven kings who are stars of our degruy history are stars of +SUCY FRENCH HISTORY+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ DAGOBERT-CHARLEMAGNE-ST. LOUIS FRANCOIS I-LOUIS XIV-LOUISXV AND LOUIS PHILIPPE >all appear on the stage< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +ANTOINE & ANTOINETE+ >singing the leads< ^^^^^^^^^ gene ray, san diego, california