NAPOLEON HOUSE VISION / alchemy & essence in new orleans

+CLARENCE JOHN LAUGHLIN+

>like walker percy was a valued friend in new orleans<

>and it was always special to visit w/ him in his attic<

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+CLARENCE JOHN LAUGHLIN)+

>apartment high up in the north pontalba building<

>where his photos & library were essence for us<

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 +JOHN & TANIA MESSINA+
>our close friends would accompany me at<
>dusk when i was working at tulane on my<
>mfa thesis & clarence would select a few<
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+JOHN & TANIA MESSINA)+
>of his surreal photos to present under a<
>floor lamp in his darkened book room<

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+ANTON MESMER+

>was a genius that interested clarence & i<

>equally & typical of the shared interests<

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>that caused our friendship to be special<

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 >ingmar bergman's visionary film "the magician"<
>is one of my favorite and just reveals a few of<
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>the transcendental exercises mesmer activated<
>radiant w/ >cosmic consciousness & magic<
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 >organic magic is a interest that has fueled my<
>life  and was essential to anton mesmar who<
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>founded animal magnetism & hypnosis plus<
>knew >spherical hats had biotronic energy<
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 >ufo & extraterrestrial phenomina was a vital<
>interest in the discussions w/ clarence whose<
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>library covered many esoteric subjects and<
>franz anton mesmer fascinated his studies<
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 >the napoleon house in the nola vieux carre<
>(photo by john messina) was the perfect<
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>place to discuss transcendental subjects<
>and we spent many happy hours there<
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 >orson welles >(a descendent of the house of<
>the orsini) was not only a great cinema artist<
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>but also a talented magician w/ a deep focus<
>on the anton mesmer biologic energy work<
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 >in new orleans i spent hours on foot w/ my<
>leica looking for signs of our lost french &<
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>african creole culture as part of my thesis<
>effort combining arts & science essence<
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 >the most >profound dna link< i have w/ french<
>alchemy & esoteric research< is via victor hugo<
>who married into our foucher family w/ origins<
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+FOUCHER, HUGO, NODIER)+
>in besencon, center of french occult research &<
>where brilliant french scholar nodier originated<
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 >in the back streets of new oceans john &<
>tania went w/ me looking for the ancient<
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>creole dwelling in a jungle of vegetation<
>where the last son protected his silver<
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 >out on the plantations i spent sundays in our<
>1949 plymouth looking for our lost french<
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>culture w/ much cavaroc & degruy vision<
>galvanizing the research w/ much passion<
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 >clarence john laughlin was born on a<
>plantation down along the teche river<
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>& carried these dna creole memories<
>deeply that expressed in his photos<
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 >it is our cavaroc dna mother, gladys marie<
>staigg, who possessed the passion she had<
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>about french art & culture because of her<
>families link to the surrealist artist redon<
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 >additionally, it is in the >ancient ruins of the<
>degruy related chateaux in france (there are<
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>several) that i find fascinating alchemy w/ a<
>resulting essence vital to our creative effort<
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>thanks to john messina, sherry beaton<

>and nikki barranger for valued emails<

>john sent valued >nola photos and<

>sherry, / gaudi >"sagrada familia"<

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+RADIANT JOYFUL SPRING+
+CONGRATS TO THOM FOR+
>(friend thom mayne of<
>morphosis group / l.a.)<
+HIS 2015 PRITZKER PRIZE+ !
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu