MATRIX FOR MAGIC /

+"DREAMS OF THE JUNGLE"+

>was a transcendental exhibition in paris of the<

>radiant jungle visions of henri rousseau who<

+(CAVAROC-BRESSE-RAY+

+deGRUY, PLANTATIONS)+

>loved the plant kingdom as much as our<

>mother and brothers, ranny and walker<

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

+PLANTS WERE THE HEART+

>(staigg was a cotton broker<

>in judge hunter's world)<

+OF OUR CREOLE WORLD+ !

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

+DEDICATION+

>for judge henley hunter, scholar of magnolia &<

>oakland plantations along the cane river who<

+(JUDGE HUNTER GIFTED A+

+CAVAROC PRINT TO US)+ !

>was with us last year at breston plantation<

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>tonight i review a few of the graphics that<
>were progendered by our family history<
+(CORRESPONDENCE ART+
+METAPHYSICAL VISION)+
>in the forests of france and louisiana<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>the french chateau is the source of our<
+(FRENCH CHATEAUX+
+DEEP NIGHT VISION)+
>family love for the plant kingdom<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>"tropique, magique, metaphysique",reflets<
+(ARTIST=SEERS OF+
+FERTILE JUNGLES)+
>our love for the jungle artistic expression<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>the louisiana plantation house in ruins<
+(PLANTATION RUIN+
+METAMORPHOSIS)+
>as the fertile soil for a creative vision<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>graphic packets to my wife & russell desmond<
+(METAPHYSICAL GRAPHICS+
+TO VERY CLOSE FRIENDS)+
>(many of you received these in three decades)<
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>the plan of new orleans was the setting for<
+(CREOLE NEW ORLEANS+
+FAMILY PLANTATIONS)+
>a graphic focusing on family plantations<
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>the plan of the orient forest, france was a<
+(ORIENT FOREST=RAY+
+-GRUY / ST BERNARD)+
>graphic focusing on the degruy origins<
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>our sansouci forest studio-home was our<
+(SANSOUCI FOREST+
+/ FOUND MY SOUL)+
>ode to to the louisiana jungle radiance<
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>tulane university mise-en-scene had been<
+(TULANE UNIVERSITY+
+A FOUCHER SETTING)+
>a setting of our foucher family plantation<
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>new orleans mardi gras reflets the french<
+(MARDI GRAS REFLECTS+
+THE "FEAST OF FOOLS")+
>love for"feast of fools"public celebration<
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>this ancient plaque of the shroud of turin<
+(SHROUD OF TURIN+
+ / ORIENT FOREST)+
>reflects the profound side of dna vision<
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>in the jungle of the degruy and marigny<
+(FRENCH CREOLE JUNGLE+
+OF de GRUY & MARIGNY)+
>plantations we found our dna memory<
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>in the jungles far to the south,"miracles"<
>causing us to realize lifes "big picture"<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+JUNGLE AMBIENCE=SETTING+
>(cosmic consciousness<
>profound and eternal)<
+FOR PROFOUND "MIRACLES"+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu