RADIANT APOCALYPSE / gaboon gourd vines spreading on the floor

+NEW ORLEANS SEEDS+

>after moving to california nola tropic seeds<

>were so important to me that i subscribed<

+(ORGANIC RADIANCE+

+IS ESSENTIAL TO ME)+

>to a louisiana state seed growers paper<

>and bought seeds & plants by mail<

 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

+HEAT=SEEDS=SOIL=+

>(matrix for magic)<

+RAIN=LIGHT=LOVE+

 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>this passion was the fuel to the<
>architecture effort, poetry &<
+(RADIANT DESIGN+
+APOCALYPSE '69)+
>mail art metaphysical vision<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>every afternoon in nola devotees could hear<
+VITAL JUNGLE SOUND+
>the sound of rain on corrugated metal roofs<
>(part of the reason behind silver ship roof)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>the jungle gardens loved the rain but the<
+NOLA JUNGLE OASIS+
>corner groceries were paradise on earth<
>(memory of bond bread screen doors)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >i spent many hours in new orleans walking<
>the back streets photographing grass roots<
+(TROPIC RADIANCE+
+IN the NOLA HEAT)+
>situations w/ heat, plants and ruins vital<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>listen to bunk johnson play "panama"<
+JAZZ=JUNGLE SOUND+
>after he got his new set of (ny) teeth<
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 >vernacular graphics were important to my<
>archive of nutrient as i constructed this<
+(FERTILE SEEDS TO+
+FORM THE VISION)+
>polemic to support the design effort<
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 >sanite' de-de was a french african voudou<
>queen in new orleans who succeeded the<
+(GOOGLE :  EUGENE RAY /+
+NEW ORLEANS VOUDOU)+
>famous marie laveau (w/ her gruy link)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >u.s. government mailgrams were a fabulous<
>$2 medium where i could telephone a poem<
+(MAILGRAMS BECAME+
+MY POETRY MEDIUM)+
>into the post office and it would be printed<
>and delivered to any address the next day<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >the jazz workshop in new orleans was the<
>culmination of ten years effort in louisiana<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+NOLA JAZZ WORKSHOP)+
>resulting in the biotronic radiant projects<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                     
>between 1965 and 1967 i constructed several<
>structures in new orleans that led to the color<
+(RADIANT ARCHITECTURE+
+METAMORPHIC ENVIRON)+
>light, energy design effort at tulane univ.<
>(my biotronic effort in california an heir)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                     
 >this my favorite mailgram poem morphed<
>into xerography collage correspondence<
+(GABOON GOURD VINES+
+ARE FERTILE / STRONG)+
>art reflects deep love for plant energy<
>(plants : sentient & bio-radiant fields)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>xeroxed mail collage version is about the vital<
>fast growing vine in a wood voudou chapel<
+(RADIANT CIBER-KINETIC+
+/ FERTILE ENVIRONMENT)+
>that has covered floor, walls & ceiling and<
>provided setting for a cybernetic environ<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >mr joe had started the napoleon house as<
>an italian grocery in the vieux carre and<
+(FOR JOHN & TANIA+
+MR JOE'S FRIENDS)+
>his brother converted it into an oasis<
>for lovers of rain, music, aesthetics<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>this map shall be helpful to our jungle safari<
>in october…the road to barataria goes from<
>degruy plantation, top, (opposite napoleon<
+(1790 PLANTATION WAS =+
+DOME SUGAR MILL SITE)+
>ave.) to crown point, bottom, the degruy<
>indian mound jungle indigo plantation<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+THE INDIAN MOUND WAS LEVELED}
+BUT MARY PLANTATION STILL @+
>(lafitte's smuggling route followed<
>this bayou barataria to old nola)<
+BRAITHWAITE, (R), ON THE RIVER+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+GOOGLE :>>>EUGENE RAY+
 >(between carlysle & bertrand<
>on the river e. of crown point)<
+CHOUACHAS CONCESSION+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu