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Friday, July 4, 2014

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<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+WE SUBSCRIBED TO THE+
>(our home a nola creole oasis)<
+NOLA TIMES PICAYUNE+
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>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<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+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+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >(gruy ancestors plantation locus<
>where napoleon ave intersects<
>the great mississippi river)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                       
>i consider this grace king new orleans<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ VIEUX CARRE)+
>history one of my greatest treasures<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >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<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >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<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >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<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >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<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >new orleans xerox photo-collage expressing<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ METAPHYSICAL ART)+
>the louisiana oriented essence of our being<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >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<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>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<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+METAPHYSICAL GRAPHICS+
 >four examples of my metaphysical graphics<
>easily reproduced for correspondence art<
+REVEALS INNER ESSENCE+
>relating to art, architecture and our life<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >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<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>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                                                                                                                            

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