+FRENCH TROPIC SYNDROME+
>my brand of organic architecture was unique<
>to it's origins in the Mexican Gulf region<
>and the influences of my genetics<
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+GRATITUDE+
> I am grateful for messages yesterday from<
+JUDGE HUNTER+
>who I met at Melrose Plantation and <
+DIRK SUTRO+
>who wrote that kind article about me<
>for the Los Angeles Times<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+FRIENDS FOREVER+
>Judge Hunter had sent me a generous<
>gift of a Cavaroc House graphic and<
>Dirk earned my respect for his<
>perceptive ARTS writing<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+TONIGHT'S PHOTOS+
>are inspired by those kind messages<
>reminding me of our creole blood<
>links and my pedagogical life<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
#1). +GENETIC MEMORY+
>this typical New Orleans French Creole<
+18th C. WEST INDIES+
+PLANTATION+
>was located in the Garden District<
>locus of several DeGruy linked<
>sugar plantation houses<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+GOOGLE+
>Eugene Ray / DeGruy<
+FOUCHER+
>also<
+CHARLES GAYAREE+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>Dirk Sutro would enjoy reading the scholarly<
>account of life on Degruy Foucher cousins<
+CHARLES GAYARRE SCHOLAR+
+FOUCHER-GRUY COUSIN+
>plantation published in Harpers Weekly<
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#2). +INDIAN TEMPLE+
>typical of the one located on the DeGruy<
+BARATARIA+
>jungle Indian mound sugar plantation<
>with Jean Lafitte associations<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+GOOGLE+
>Eugene Ray / Degruy<
+BARATARIA+
^^^^^^^^^
#3). +IRAN NATIONAL LIBRARY+
>my design in the Pahlavi library competition<
>I believe shows the influence of the strong<
+GENETIC MEMORY+
>of Greek Revival Louisiana plantations<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+GOOGLE+
>Eugene Ray / DeGruy<
+IRAN LIBRARY+
^^^^^^^^^^
#4). +METAPHYSICAL+
>collage graphics have been synchronistic<
>to my architectural design oeuvre and<
>express the French tropic influence<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+GOOGLE+
>Eugene Ray Architect<
+METAPHYSICAL+
^^^^^^^^^^^^
#5). +LIVINGSTON PARISH+
>Louisiana courthouse is one of two designs<
> I made for that parish while living in our<
+SANSOUCI FOREST+
>glazed pavilion jungle studio house<
>(the other was the parish hospital)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+OVERVIEW+
>my life as an architect/professor in California<
>encouraged the wonderful opportunity for<
+RADIANT ARCHITECTURE+
>designing visionary creative structures<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+LOUISIANA+
>encouraged my design oeuvre to respond<
>to genetic and regional organic influences<
+FRENCH TROPIC SYNDROME+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+HEAT+SEEDS+SOIL+RAIN+
+LIGHT=LOVE+
^^^^^^^^^^
>Eugene Ray, mfa, Architect<
>professor emeritus, sdsu<
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