NEW ORLEANS DNA / more dialog with friends

+ONE MAY WONDER+

>why a baton rouge boy like me and my<

>bibliophile friends, carey beckham and<

+VIEUX CARRE BOOKSHOP+

+OWNERS AND SCHOLARS+

>russell desmond, would love the old<

>city of new orleans so very much<

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+WE SUBSCRIBED TO THE+

>(our home a nola creole oasis)<

+NOLA TIMES PICAYUNE+

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>in our family our ancestors had been there<

>from the beginning w/ our de drew dna<

+NEW ORLEANS WAS+

+ALWAYS A "HOME"+

>link actually laying out the vieux carre<

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+OUR GRUY GRANDMOTHER+

>(married to eugene ray #1)<

+LIVED ON THE LAND of her+
>(marianne couturier married<
>joseph verloin degruy co-<
>builder of the dome mill)<

+COUTURIER ANCESTORS+

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 >(gruy ancestors plantation locus<

>where napoleon ave intersects<

>the great mississippi river)<

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>i consider this grace king new orleans<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ VIEUX CARRE)+
>history one of my greatest treasures<
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 >the key is her dedication to our ancestor<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+CHARLES GAYARRE)+
>charles gayarre, (gtuy-foucher family<
>focus on his harpers weekly article)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >thé vieux carre pirates alley is where <
>jean baptist degruy's wooden oxcarts<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ JEAN LAFITTE)+
>smuggled goods for pirate jean lafitte<
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 >english-american scientist william dunbar<
>reported to thomas jefferson, the crash at<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / WILLIAM DUNBAR)+
>baton rouge of a 1800 fireball-(ufo ?)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >john and tania will enjoy the visit that<
>marianne & i made to "poverty point"<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ POVERTY POINT)+
>looking for traces of the dogon-olmec<
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 >franz blum, the great tulane yucatan scholar<
>reminds me of the shared devotion john &<
+(ROBIN BEEMAN ALSO+
+SHARES ITS HISTORY)+
>tania & i have for that great mise-en-scene<
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 >voudou in new orleans was a strong factor<
>of john and tanias friendship w/ me as we<
+(AFRICAN CULTURE WAS+
+VITAL to OUR INTEREST)+
>spent hours discussing its artistic essence<
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 >new orleans xerox photo-collage expressing<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ METAPHYSICAL ART)+
>the louisiana oriented essence of our being<
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 >john messina took this photo of marian<
>and i in our 1967-69 nola apartment<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ JOHN & TANIA, (images))+
>when i was earning my tulane mfa<
(google image collection is a joy)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >john may be surprised that i relish italian<
>design even more then the french and<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+MEDICI ARCHITECTURE)+
>this villa poiana by palladio a favorite<
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>i took this photo of the old french market<
>in baton rouge being razed (a sacrilege)<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+BATON ROUGE PHOTO)+
>w/ my early german voightlander vitex<
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+METAPHYSICAL GRAPHICS+
 >four examples of my metaphysical graphics<
>easily reproduced for correspondence art<
+REVEALS INNER ESSENCE+
>relating to art, architecture and our life<
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 >john, it is incredible that h.h. richardson who<
>has to be a persona close to your heart comes<
+(RAYS INTERMARRIED+
+WITH RICHARDSONS)+
>to my research at this point in time & space<
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>my european nirvana locus gift tonight<
>to john, tania and all our friends is this<
+(ST. PAUL de VENCE /+
+MAEGHT MUSEUM)+
>french provence hill town where many<
>artists like matisse found their light<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+(JOHN & TANIA WILL LOVE+
+ITS HISTORY & AMBIENCE)+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu