+METAPHYSICAL GRAPHICS+
>comes straight from our heart<
>(xerography a vital medium)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+JUNGLE ESSENCE+
>is important to my life and work<
>the plant kingdom vital to all<
+INSPIRATION+
>our creative design oeuvre<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+NEW ORLEANS+
>french tropic syndrome seeds<
>for years i purchased from<
+BY MAIL+
>creole plant growers<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+SYNCHRONISTIC+
+SYNERGY+
^^^^^^^
>these collage graphics emerged<
>from my silver ship studio<
+SYNERGETIC+
>w/ the design of architecture<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+FRENCH BREAD+
>new orleans primary life sustenance<
>became the metaphysical graphics<
+ORGANIC+
>primary symbol and blazon<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>on their tropic veranda reflects<
>the best of our french roots<
+FERTILITY+
>close to the plant world<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+NEW ORLEANS ARTIST+
>profound in his jungle milieu<
+TAROT SEER+
>visionary, creole, humanist<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+SUMMER 1952+
>i had just entered Tulane when i<
>photographed my brother<
+RANNY+
>in his Dumaine Street pato<
+VIEUX CARRE+
>of our french ancestors<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+JUNGLE SEEDS+
>collage is vital to metaphysical<
>graphics by the combination<
+SYNERGY+
>of juxtiposition and color<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+BOUDOUSQUIE+
>also<
+(BOUILLON=BOULIGNY)+
>plantration in its final st john days<
>as photographed by friend robin<
+LOBDELL-BEEMAN+
>creative creole of the first rank<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+JUNGLE ESSENCE+
>the frogs of new orleans are<
>very important to french<
+VOUDOU+
>african metaphysics<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+CALIFORNIA+
>for me as a boy in baton rouge<
>was the magical land across<
+1948 FERRY+
>the river and in the sunset<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+FRENCH RUINS+
>were important to our creole youth<
>metaphysic and i began a series<
+BATON ROUGE+
>of photographs in the years<
>after the 2nd world war<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+RAYVILLE MAP+
>this is my great grand father's original<
>chart of the town he founded just
+15 MILES+
>from the profound aboriginal site of<
+POVERTY POINT+
^^^^^^^^^^^^
(>"eugene street" underlined with<
>red named after my grandfather<)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+OCTOBER 28th+
>my brother and i w/ wives shall meet<
>our louisiana friends in rayville<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+CAROLINE YOUNGBLOOD+
+JUDGE HENLEY HUNTER+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>to photograph region laandmarks<
+BRESTON PLANTATION+
>and<
+POVERTY POINT+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu
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