FRIEND'S JOHN & TANIA / live amidst the nahua speakers

+JOHN MESSINA, ARCHITECT+
>was the first student i was introduced to<
>on my first day teaching architecture at<
+LA. STATE UNIVERSITY+
>he and his wife tania and i became a<
>unit of friends in new orleans later<

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 +TUSCON ARIZONA+
>is where they now work and live<
>a life devoted to architecture in<
>their beautiful organic environ<

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>john is writing a book about his new orleans<
>vieux-carre house remodeling that includes<
+JOHN & TANIA=+
+NOLA NATIVES+
>many friends and poignant experiences<
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>john and tania are devoted to the Nahua<
>heritage people and their villages on the<
+BAY OF CORTEZ+
>and john has written a profound book<
+"ALAMOS, SONORA:+
+ARCHITECTURE+
+& URBANISM IN THE+
+DRY TROPICS"+
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 >my archive contains a volume of many letters<
>written to me by john and tania during their<
+JOHN & TANIA HUMANITY+
+& CANINE DEVOTEES+
>years in massachusetts where john earned<
>his masters in architecture from MIT<
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>john is a very talented photographer and his<
+OUR NOLA FRIENDSHIP+
+EXPANDED HERE 1968+
>photo of the napoleon house is my favorite<
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 >john and tania share an interest w/ me<
>in divination which our latin heritage<
+THEY HAD A BOOKSHOP+
+"COYOTE'S VOICE", 1980S+
>has caused to flower w/ radiance<
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>my love for old europe focusing on paris<
>is something john & tania related to and<
+EDITH PIAF CHANSONS+
+A DEEP RESONANCE+
>tania was born in latin yugoslavia<
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>this collage graphic of mine strongly<
+OUR FRIENDSHIP+
+BONDED HERE+
>illustrates our psychic spiritual bond<
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>i pray for a day when our son derek and<
>our friends shall discover saint bernard<
+CISTERCIAN DESIGN = +
+SIMILAR TO TEMPLAR+
>in the orient forest, france, 12th cent.<
>(the birth of a modern architecture)<

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>the famed "John Gesture" paintings of leonardo<
>davinci written about insightfully by scholars<
+PICNETT & PRINCE+
+(PRIORY DE SION)+
>is a key to our gruy-leonardo davinci bond<
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 >a church, library and astronomical observatory<
>multiple use complex for madre grande abbey<
+RADIANT & BIOTRONIC+
+ELECTRO MAGNETICS+
>may be the most profound of my concepts<
>(cistercian-templar like synchronicity)<
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 >over the years i sent john and tania many of<
>the collages especially relating to nature &<
+GRAPHIC PACKETS OF+
+METAPHYSIC VISION+
>the world of super-reality metaphysics<
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>the "romand" blood of our gruy & bresse<
>people along w/ the cavaroc may explain<
+LATIN QUARTER OF PARIS+
+ALWAYS OUR FAVORITE+
>the bond i have felt with john & tania<
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+MAY WE MEET AGAIN+
>with those we love in<
+THE GREAT BEYOND+
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu