+NEW ORLEANS ALCHEMY+
>the Vieux Carre was a perfect<
>milieu to build environments<
+TROPIC MILIEU+
>rich in Organic Alchemy<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+METAPHYSICAL+
>powers of Genetic Memory were an<
>alchemical essence to feed ones<
+CREATIVE VISION+
>architecture and graphics the media<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+DEDICATION+
>to my first wife Marian who was the<
>beloved mother of our 3 children<
+RADIANT LOVE+
>and vital companion to this<
>intense creative period<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+ANCESTRAL CEMETERIES+
>with radiant pyramids always visible<
+COSMIC=ETERNAL+
>reminders of our egyptian links<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+FAMILY RUINS+
>the Delord Sarpy Plantation House in<
>the heart of New Orleans was a ruin<
>when i was a Tulane student<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+FOUCHER=GRUY+
>the same ancestral house sold to the<
+MARQUIS LAFAYETTE+
>in the nola lower garden district<
>(google my earlier essays)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+COLLAGE GRAPHICS+
>became my mediam of expression of<
>the Creole Ruins as fertile soil<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+JUNGLE RADIANCE+
>in this case the new orleans jungle is taking<
>back the creole urban garden in the<
+FERTILITY+
>heart of the old French city<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+NOTE+
(>this image was lost i shall<
>send it separately<)
^^^^^^^^^^^
+RADIANT COLOR+
>of the Tropic Syndrome became my<
>focus in the old Vieux Carre of our<
>CREOLE MILIEU+
>French Holographic Genetic Vision<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+TULANE UNIVERSITY+
>was the milieu of my graduate work<
>this painting my parting gift was<
+COSMIC VISION+
>hung on its side because of<
>the available study space<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+MARIAN OLSEN RAY+
>my beloved wife seen here with me in our<
+NEW ORLEANS+
>apartment was inspiration for whatever<
>creative work i could ever muster<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+POIGNANCE+
>fills my heart as i look back on this<
>crucial time in a creative life<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+INTENSE FOCUS+
>on this creative work was a toll<
>on my family and i am sad<
>as i look back on this<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+MARIAN DIED OF CANCER
(>google this event of<
>psychic power<)
+MANY YEARS LATER+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu
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