>inspired my construction<
>of our sansouci forest<
+JUNGLE HOUSE+
^^^^^^^^
>on the bogue falaya jungle river<
>st tammany parish louisiana<
>upriver from the degruy<
+19C PLANTATION+
+FRANCOIS VERLOIN deGRUY+
>(marigny related neighbor)<
>on lake pontchartrain<
^^^^^^^^^^^^
+GRATITUDE+
>to many old and new friends who<
>wrote me yesterday i will do my<
+BEST TO RESPOND+
^^^^^^^^^^
+JUNGLE RADIANCE+
>as you gather by now the jungle<
+ROUSSEAU=PLONGEON+
+GRUY=MAYA+
>in our french view is a fantastic<
+PLACE FOR CREATIVITY+
^^^^^^^^^^^^
>sadly as mary lynn hyde photos<
>on old degruy plantation land<
+GIGANTIC TREES+
+ARE LOST+
>show our jungles are gone<
>(industrial interests etc)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^
+ORIENT FOREST FRANCE+
>site of my degruy ancestors chateau<
+MAGNY FOUCHARD+
>s.e. of troyes<
>gave them a taste for the jungle<
>which they transferred to the<
+BARATARIA+
>jungle south of new orleans<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+GOOGLE+
>eugene ray / degruy<
>indian mound house<
^^^^^^^^^^^
(their first house in the<
>barataria jungle<
^^^^^^^^
+JEAN LAFITTE+
>their privateer friend (when that<
>widespread trade was legal) had<
>his headquarters deep in the<
+BARATARIA JUNGLE+
^^^^^^^^^^
>jean baptiste degruy/jungle architect<
(+DOME SUGAR MILL+)
>designed (ala davinci) huge carts<
>to haul lafitte's goods to<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+NEW ORLEANS+
>bound river boats<
^^^^^^^^^
+TONIGHT'S PHOTOS
>yucatan jungle artistic apocalypse<
>at bonampak was my inspiration<
>in the sansouci forest jungle<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+GOOGLE+
>eugene ray architect<
>sansouci forest<
^^^^^^^
>mayan jungle city 150 miles north<
>of tulum where i took a bus load<
+MAYA SURVEY+
>of sdsu/ed student camping<
>and photographing ruins<
+CHRISTMAS 1980+
^^^^^^^^^
(>i have written extensivly<
+GOOGLE-BLOM+
>about this expedition<)
^^^^^^^^^^^
>deep in the lecandan mayan jungle<
>this most fabulous of all mayan<
+MURAL MARVELS+
>was first discovered in<
+1946+
^^
>note : these wonderful illustrations<
>are all from the galimard book<
+"ROUTE OF THE MAYA"+
>the best maya book i have<
>ever seen, anywhere<
^^^^^^^^^^^
>section of the upper wall mural<
+CELESTIAL GODS+
(>reference/ research of the<
+EXTRATERRESTRIAL+
>presence by wun chok bong<)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>detail of the god-king ceremony<
>which so impressed aldous<
+HUXLEY+
>comment regarding<
^^^^^^^^^^^
+INVIGORATING+
>radiant tropic expression<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>the jungle sound of turtle shells<
>trumpets, drums and rattles<
+EXPLODED+
>the synergetic mise-en-scene<
>of the god like dancers<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+DEEP IN THE MAYAN JUNGLE+
+FANTASTIC COLOR=LIGHT+
+RADIANT ENERGY+
^^^^^^^^
gene ray, lajolla, california
>eugene ray, mfa, architect<
>professor emeritus, sdsu<
^^^^^^^^^^^^
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