CHRISTMAS VOYAGE 1738 / versailles to louisiana

+CHRISTMAS AT VERSAILLES+

>in 1738 was poignant for the col verloin degruy<

>family as their son jean baptiste antoine had left<

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+de GRUY @ VERSAILLES)+ 

>w/ his regiment for his >new assignment in french<

>louisiana / >his ship would arrive NOLA, 3, 1739<

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+PLEASE REVIEW MY >FACEBOOK+

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>(there is much history found<

>searching individual< blogs)<

+"CHRISTMAS @ VERSAILLES" REF+

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>like today's politics, one has to look for the artists<

>poets & philosophers who struggle to work under<

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+ / ALCHEMY IN PARIS)+

>deplorable conditions / >my blogs focus on artistry<

>not politics / >alchemy as example is a vital study<

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+CASTLE CHRISTMAS VISION+
>like lou kahn, picasso, balthus, castles for me are<
>fascinating milieu to produce art in / >leonardo's<
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+>> / CAGNES sur MER)+
>focus on castle & fortress design is fascinating &<
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+>> / CASTLE STUDIOS)+
>i have new data to share / >also during approx. 40<
>trips to france i always stayed in castles if possible<
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 +CHRISTMAS GIFTS #1+
>deep in my memory,  >our cavaroc grandmother<
>(who taught me to read) at christmas, knew how<
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+CAVAROC PLANTATION)+
>to go into trunks marked bordeaux & remove a<
>treasure that sparkled w/ magic & radiant light<
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 +CHRISTMAS GIfTS #2+
>deep in many long nights of >inner focus /<
>dreams turned into reality< in the sansouci<
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+ / SANSOUCI STUDIO)+
>forest, bogue falaya river ozone inspiration<
>of >plant kingdom metamorphised by dna<
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+CHRISTMAS GIFTS #3+

>the silver ship as you know via my blogs<

>was >influenced by a love for castles as<

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+"SILVER SHIP" DESIGN)+

>well as the  cosmic conscious saturation<

>galvanized by a >1947 UFO< >sighting<

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+NOLA GRUY "TEMPLE"+

>this >magnificent aboriginal "temple"< was<

>on the >1st degruy barataria plantation and<

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+ / "INDIAN" "TEMPLE")+

>reflects the radiant strength of organic type<

>natural biotronic design / >conical volume< 

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 +TULANE EXHIBITION 1969+
>little known is that >2 years before building<
>this exhibition at tulane university i built an<
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+ / COSMIC INFLUENCE)+
>exhibition of my work at oregon state univ.<
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+ / FOREST INFLUENCE)+
>(corvales) that exhibited my architecture &<
>also >much of the louisiana milieu< i loved<
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+ORGANIC OZONE+
>the >rivers are important in reviewing history /<
>in addition to the >orient, barataria, & feliciana<
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+>>>>> / AUBE RIVER)+
>sansouci forests / the aube is near gruy magny<
>fouchard and >saint bernard's clairvaux abbey<
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+SHROUD OF TURIN+
>the de ray castle at ray sur saone france is<
>on the saone river & was the castle of the<
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+>>> / de RAY CASTLE)+
>la roche de ray family< that imported the<
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+>> / VERGY-CHARNEY)+
>"shroud of turin" from constantinople &<
>gave it to >orient forest< vergy-charney<
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 +CASTLES de GRUYERE+
>the profound rediscovery for me this christ<
>mas is that the vergy mother of michael the<
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+MICHAEL de GRUYERE)+
>last count of gruyere was sister to the vergy<
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+>"SHROUD OF TURIN")+
>wife of de la roche de ray who imported the<
>shroud of turin to his de ray-sur-saon castle<
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 +MAIL ART / CAVAROCS+
>in addition to architecture, metaphysical art<
>had a vital role in my daily artistic out put &<
>our >family history< in france & switzerland<
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+ / ROBERT DELAUNAY)+
>linked w/ leonardo, redon, degas, lautrec and<
>delaunay / the latter gruy marriage w/ aulnay<
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+ODILON REDON  >SURREALIST+
>(super realism lives vitally<
>as our >new orleans child)<
+WAS FRIEND of the >CAVAROCS+
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+MAIL ART / RUINS+
>the ruins of french plantations was the focus<
>of my >photography in the 1950s as a strong<
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+PLANTATION RUINS  / &+
+>RADIANT CONCEPTS+)
>metaphysical passion / >attraction to modern<
>architecture was a >strong cure for the decay<
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 +DNA MEMORY+
>genetic memory is vital for all people on<
>planet earth and >influences much of our<
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+> / GENETIC MEMORY)+
>path in life / >for me this includes templar<
>architectural geomancy (domes & comes)<
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 +PLANT KINGDOM+
>"nature our best guide" >was my advice to<
>our students / >breston youngblood raises<
>plants fittingly at breston plantation where<
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+>NATURE, BEST GUIDE)+
>jean baptiste de bresse & john ray w/ wife<
>catherine de bresse once grew king cotton<
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+SYNCHRONISTICALLY+
>while john ray grew cotton at breston, staigg<
>grandfather george staigg, a cotton broker &<
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+>>>>>> / JOHN RAY)+
>president of NOLA cotton exchange passed<
>by >(showed cavaroc family a boll weevil)<
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+CHARLES CAVAROC+
>our grandmother's father was an energetic<
>creole leader in new orleans and his town<
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+> / CHARLES CAVAROC)+
>house on royal st. in the vieux carre shall<
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+HISTORIC N.O. COLLECTION)+
>late next year  >open as a thnoc museum<
>in oct. ? >we plan to >go for the opening<
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+THNOC FRIENDS+
>please keep us informed about the schedule<
>normally we would go for my 85th birthday<
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+ / JOHN H. LAWRENCE)+
>in late october / we hope it shall coincide w/<
>your schedule of our cavaroc house opening<
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+MEMERE SHALL BE  >SMILING+
+ABOVE in HER >RADIANT WAY+
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu