>had a powerful effect on<
+LIFE & WORK+
^^^^^^^
>three radiant architecture projects<
+COLOR=LIGHT=ENERGY+
>and much photography in the<
>back streets gave me vital<
+HAPPINESS+
^^^^^^
+DEGRUY-RAY-CAVAROC+
>and related creole ancestors aged<
+TOWNHOUSES+
>were prominent on many streets<
>and family ghosts were prolific<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+FRESH GROWTH FROM+
+ANCIENT AMBIENCE+
^^^^^^^^^^^
>tropique/magique/
>was this determined "modus<
+OPERANDI"+
^^^^^
+TONIGHT'S PHOTOS+
>in california, correspondence art<
>and collage graphics gave me<
>ability to stay in touch w/<
+CREOLE ROOTS+
^^^^^^^^
>toward the end of our years there<
>when architectural graphics and<
+METAPHYSICAL+
>graphics were created together<
>and correspondence art was<
>importent expression<
^^^^^^^^^^^
>when we went back to new orleans<
>on summer safaris a large amount<
>of reference books and artifacts<
+FILLED A RETURN CASE+
^^^^^^^^^^^^
>much of this including photos<
+COLLAGE+
>went into xerographic work<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+ORGANIC MATERIALS+
>were vital essence<
^^^^^^^^
+SEEDS & LEAVES+
(>were brought back from five<
>safaris to french polynesia<)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>our talented artist/seer brother<
+RANDOLPH J. RAY JR+
>in his dumaine street, vieux carre<
+JUNGLE PATIO+
(>photo from the early fifties<
>when i started tulane<)
^^^^^^^^^^^
+RANNY WAS A CREOLE+
+V I S I O N A R Y+
^^^^^^^^
>for expanded data<
+GOOGLE+
>eugene ray / degruy<
>ranny<also>vieux carre<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+M A C H I N E+
^^^^^^^
>correspondence art collage cover<
>reflects a mailgram poem i wrote<
>about this electric art machine<
+ELECTROGRAPHIC+
(radiant/kinetic)
>surrounded by vine growth<
>in vieux carre room ruin<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+"PANAMA"+
>a very old primitive jazz piece<
>was essential to this design<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>correspondnce art cover sent to<
>new orleans heritage friends<
>john and tania messina<
^^^^^^^^^^^^
(+PRESERVATION HALL+
>nola-mise-en-scene<)
^^^^^^^^^^
+"I WATCHED HIM CAREFULLY+
+ALL EVENING=HIS HEART+
+WAS HEAVY+
^^^^^^
+HE WAS FILLED WITH+
>+THE BLUES"+<
^^^^^
(>google : eugene ray/degruy<
>jazz workshop for more <
+RELATED DATA+)
^^^^^^^^
gene ray, lajolla, california
>eugene ray, mfa, architect<
>professor emeritus, sdsu<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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