NOLA JUNGLE SEEDS / looking forward to fresh growth

+METAPHYSICAL GRAPHICS+
>became the art medium i could mail to friends<
>to explain how important our french creole<
+(CORRESPONDENCE ART+
+PHILISOPHICAL MEDIA)+

>new orleans roots were in creating a new<

>art invention in california that i entitled<

+SYNERGETIC ENVIRONMENTS+
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+FRENCH JUNGLE SYNDROME+

>in perspective, there is a link between the<

>forest syndrome of our gruy ancestors<

+ORIENT FOREST, FRANCE+

>and the sansouci forest of louisiana<

>with fresh growth emerging from<

+JUNGLE RUINS & DECAY+
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>this metaphysical mail art graphic is based<

>on a photo i took in nola st.louis cemetery<

+(METAMORPHIC ALCHEMY+

+DECAY & FRESH GROWTH)+

>expressing fresh growth from decay<
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>these photos from the collection of leonard huber<
>as published in "new orleans architecture"vol 3<
>"the cemeteries" was edited by degruy cousin<
+MARY LOU CHRISTOVICH+
+FRIEND & BLOG READER+
>and expresses the fertile jungle plant growth<
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>new orleans above ground cemetery tombs<
>are, because of tropic growth and storms,<
+(TODAY PLACES OF DANGER+
+& RAMPANT JUNGLE RUIN)+
>places of voodoo rituals w/ much ruins<
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>this imaginative piranesi graphic as found by<
>peggy mcdowell in her article on 19th C.<
+(FANTASTIC MEMORIALS+
+ROME'S CITY OF DEATH)+
>funerary architecture in "the cemeteries"<
>expresses "fantastic cities" for eternity<
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>the dakins designed belle grove plantation<
>seen here in my mid-fifties photo and also<
+"BELLE GROVE" AS+
+A PROFOUND RUIN+
>our cavaroc great grandfather's plantation<]
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>cousin phil degruy is a talented new orleans<

+deGRUY DNA CREATIVITY+

+CONTINUES TO THIS DAY+

>musician expressing fresh creative growth<

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>"le souvenirs" cavaroc plantation at new orleans<
+CAVAROC PLANTATION+
+METAPHYSIC GRAPHIC+
>with our great grandmother & her sister-in-law<
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>ashley our 5 year old granddaughter is an artist<
>much dedicated and our hope is that like the<
+(ASHLEY & BEATRICE+
+AS DEVOTED HEIRS)+
>daughter of orson welles she will become<
>devoted to the legacy that we leave here<
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>my metaphysical graphics become a guide<
+MANY BINDER BOOKS+
+AS VISIONARY GUIDE+
>to the future of our radiant architecture<
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 >our cavaroc artistic dna was passed on via<
+CAVAROC CREOLE DNA+
+(ALCHEMY of the GODS)+
>our talented mother and visionary brother<
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 >the nightly blog becomes a futures blueprint<
>w/ designs and wise advice by scholars like<
+BOB WOOD,  Phd+
+UFO-ET EXPERT+
>exciting biotronic potentials emerging<
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 >the biotronic energy radiance of tetrahedral<
+MY GIFT FOR DIANE REED+
+& OUR DEDICATED JIMS+
>prototypes emerges as a futures archetype<
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+FRESH GROWTH EMERGING+
>french jungle syndrome<
+FROM THE FERTILE SOIL+
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu