PASSIFLORA VISION / organic design in the heat

+WALKER JOHN RAY+

>my younger brother, is the kindest human<

>i know and tonight's first blog image is a<

+(GREAT HUMANITARIAN+

+W/ A SENSE OF HUMOR)+

>much appreciated passion flower block<

>of stamps he sent on a recent packet<

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+PASSIFLORA VISION+

>fuels tonight's blog as i again take you to<

>the milieu that has galvanized artistry in<

>the hearts of new orleans people like<

+(ORGANIC ESSENCE+

+/ RADIANT SEEDS)+

>our old friends john & tania messina<

>who shared much new orleans life<

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 >when i was designing a new town for german<
>rocket scientists at huntsville alabana walker<
+(MARIANNE'S HUSBAND+
+was ROCKET SCIENTIST+
+w/ UFO KNOWLEDGE)+
>was building rockets at michoud while my<
>dear marianne was w/ werner von braun<
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 >the most tropical design of my life was<
>this beach resort made from indigenous<
+(HEAT=SEEDS=SOIL+
+RAIN=and=LIGHT)+
>tree and plant material in baja mexico<
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 >in that sixties decade, while i was building<
>three vieux carre projects john & tania met<
+(NOLA LATIN OASIS+
+NAPOLEON HOUSE)+
>me at the napoleon house for muffeletas<
>(john once asked one tuscon imported)<
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 >fauburg marigny of our gruy-foucher-debore link<
>w/ bernard marigny (templar tie w/ louis philippe)<
+(HISTORIAN FRIEND GENE+
+CIZEK LIVES HERE NOW+,)
>milieu of our lamothe family on esplanade ave<
>in this most traditional creole nola fauberg<
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 >i have written much about the radiant joy<
>of the african-french cultural synergy ln<
(+GOOGLE EUGENE RAY+
+/ HECTOR HYPPOLITE+)
>the magic jungles south of new orleans<
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 >we must remember in the early days of the<
>african french people in the colony, new<
+(GREAT FOLK ART IN+
+VOUDOU AND JAZZ)+
>orleans was part of >french west indies<
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>at one point, i was able to write poems via<
>u.s. postal "mailgrams" sent for $2 to our<
+(NEW ORLEANS JUNGLE+
+/ MAILGRAM POETRY)+
>friends back in new orleans & covington<
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 >this blue egret print by audubon was given<
>to me by marianne and expresses the cane<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+BAYOU BARATARIA)+
>breaks that j.b. degruy had to clear on the<
>bayou barataria south of new orleans<
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 >re reading my degruy blog of jan. 28th, 2010<
>i am reminded that j. b. degruy planted the<
+(INDIAN MOUND HOUSE+
+on BAYOU BARATARIA)+
>first sugarcane on bayou barataria in 1809<
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 >the cavaroc-roy ancestors came from bordeaux<
>w/ their great wine growing tradition linked to<
+GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ ODILON REDON+
>lamothe vineyards still a great bordeaux wine<
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 >raw nature on bayou barataria was radiant<
>w/ giant palmettos and thick cane breaks<
+(ARTHROPODS ARE+
+LIKE "MOTHMAN")+
>we must be aware et  may be like insects<
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 >as late as the 1990s i was still making graphics<
>devoted to louisiana jungle passion and these<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ COLLAGE GRAPHICS)+
>two 11 by 14 inch collage are typical refs<
>(google "images" collection is excellent)<
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 >my client for the eco mundo beach resort<
>in tropical baja mexico didn't realize how<
+GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ECO MUNDO RESORT+
>vital steep roofs are in leu of shallow<
>(my overlay drawing above, shows)<
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+BIOTRONIC RADIANCE+
>(electromagnetic energy)<
+VIA STEEP CONOIDS+
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>synchronicity<
+(NOTE "ANCIENT ALIENS"+
+TELEV.  DOCUMENTARY+
>("power plants of the gods")<
+VERIFIED ALL TONIGHT)+
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu