>created<
+CREOLE ARCHITECTURE+
>(organic & unique)<
^^^^^^^^^
+"MAKING GROCERIES"+
>metaphysical cine<
^^^^^^^^^
>in fauburg marigny on a boiling<
>nola deep summer day as<
+1 9 6 5+
>filmed by my leica 3f camera<
+AND+
>sensed via banana plants<
>there from the colonies<
+1718+
>original development<
^^^^^^^^^^^^
+MAGIC RITUALS+
>especially when involving<
>two creole alchemists<
^^^^^^^^^^^^
+FAUBURG TREME+
>in new orleans is very famous<
>because of the tv series<
^^^^^^^^^^^^
+SYNCHRONISTICALLY+
>the nola treme was named after a<
>creole planter by that name who<
>came from treme swiss village in<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+GRUYERES COUNTY+
^^^^^^^^^^^
>his nola plantation became fauburg<
>treme located near the fauburg<
+M A R I G N Y+
>mise-en-scene of tonight's cine<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+"MAKING GROCERIES"+
^^^^^^^^^^^
+TONIGHT'S PHOTOS+
(>alchemical rituals in the<
>fauburg marigny<)
^^^^^^^^^
>marigny plantation adjacent<
>to degruy plantation in<
+1 8 4 0+
>st tammany parish<
^^^^^^^^^
+GOOGLE+
>degruy / marigny family links<
>via the new orleans history<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+EUGENE RAY / DEGRUY+
+M A R I G N Y+
^^^^^
>the two creole alchemists seen with<
>their bags of okra, mirliton and<
+COLLARDS+
>bought in the french market<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>in addition to the plantation<
>in st. tammany parish<
^^^^^^^^^^^
+BON VIVANT+
>bernard marigny was raised with<
>his foucher/degruy cousins on<
+GOOGLE+
>the foucher plantation at<
>audubon park/tulane<
^^^^^^^^^^^
+FAUBURG MARIGNY+
>bernard's creole development<
>(a major jazz milieu today)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>was an outgrowth of the marigny<
>new orleans residence just south<
>of the old nola vieux carre<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>(gumbo of herbs)<
^^^^^^^^
>is the secret formula envisioned<
>by the two creole alchemists<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+GOOGLE+
>eugene ray / degruy<
>gumbo z'herbes<
^^^^^^^^
+MEATLESS GUMBO+
>because the african creoles couldn't<
>afford to put meat in their gumbo<
>but very good, healthy and<
+T A S T Y+
>via vera cruz pepper sauces<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>(natives of st. domingue)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>in the fauburg marigny grow like<
>weeds and are sentient to the<
+CREOLE RITUAL+
>of boiling greens to make<
+GUMBO Z'HERBES+
^^^^^^^^^
>new orleans archtype<
^^^^^^^^^^^^
>milieu for alchemy and ritual<
>voudou, visions and jazz<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+TROPIQUE=MAGIQUE+
+METAPHYSIQUE+
^^^^^^^^
>in a jungle of vegetation on a hot<
>summer day in fauburg marigny<
>is where the two creole<
+ALCHEMISTS+
>will prepare their magic recipe<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+O V E R V I E W+
>"craps" (as in gambling) & "love" two<
>of the streets in fauberg marigny<
>give you some idea of the life<
>of bon vivant bernard<
^^^^^^^^^^^
+ALCHEMY & RITUALS+
>were and are vital in french culture<
>reference perfume and cocktails<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+SAZARAC & RAMOS FIZZ+
+CAVAROC FORMULAS+
^^^^^^^^^^^^
>voudou alchemy is strong in<
>new orleans to this day<
^^^^^^^^^^^^
>please google<
+EUGENE RAY / DEGRUY+
+GREEN MOUNTAIN+
^^^^^^^^^^
gene ray, lajolla, california
>eugene ray, mfa, architect<
>professor emeritus, sdsu<
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