+HUMAN DNA >"SENTIENCE"<+
>the ability to tap into natural dimensions of<
>reality beyond our obvious daily vision is<
+(INHERENT COGNITIVE+
+PERCEPTUAL POWERS)+
>a factor of human potential many seek<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+NEAL (GRUY) PENDLETON #+
>my new orleans degruy cousin has sought<
>this sentience because of the tragic death<
>of his mother upon his birth and of his<
+( # ARCHITECT, POET /+
+ ARTIST, SCHOLAR )+
>first wife prematurely because of the<
>widely expanding alzheimers illness<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+DREAMS ARE BELIEVED SYMBOLIC+
+OF OTHER DIMENSIONS CLOSE TO+
>(are our lost beloved family<
>parallel dimension existing)< ?
+OUR DAILY VISION OF REALITY+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^>neal has made a profound effort to<
>access his lost family members in<
+("AKASHIC RECORDS"+
+VITAL RESEARCH)+
>his project of research and artistry<
>(neal's original data-my structure)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>new orleans is the legendary mise-en-scene of<
>neal and my own common de gruy heritage<
+(FRENCH HERITAGE HAS+
+MUCH ESOTERIC VISION)+
>that is known for its history of esoterica<
>fueled by links to merovingian france<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>the link between neal and i is through his<
>aunt and uncle, gilbert & juanita de gruy<
+(GILBERT PIONEERED+
+GRUY GENEALOGY)+
>(cousins who attended my first wedding<
>gilbert, our mentor in family genealogy)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>neal's audubon blvd new orleans home<
>with patricia his beloved first wife was<
+(PAT'S ALZHEIMERS+
+DISTROYED THIS)+
>the setting for much sad suffering even<
>w/ its synchronistic plantation memory<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>neal's beloved mother who died during his<
>birth was photographed in new orleans<
+(NEAL'S MOTHER WITH+
+CHRIST SYMBOL, (R) )+
>while she expected him …( look with<
>care at the christ-cross symbol, right)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>patricia, neals radiant wife as she appeard<
>in the new orleans newspaper as highest<
+(HIGHEST HONORS GRAD+
+/ LOYOLA U., NOLA, 1954)+
>honors graduate from loyola university<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>neal, a tulane graduate architect with much<
>respect and knowledge married the radiant<
+(LIFE WAS BEAUTIFUL+
+PAT WAS BEAUTIFUL)+
>pat m'carthy & started their vital family<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>patricia and neal pendleton lived an idylic<
>life with their five children in an elegant<
+(NEAL WAS GRATEFUL../ +
+THEN A TRAGIC BLOW)+
>uptown nola home until tragedy came<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>the brilliant, radiant, sensitive pat suddenly<
>contracted the then mysterious illness first<
+(THIS PERVASIVE ILLNESS+
+HAS BECOME RAMPANT)+
>known as dementia, then as alzheimers<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>for eighteen years, neal nursed his beautiful<
>wife pat through increasing difficulty until<
+( OUR BELOVED LISE ALSO+
+DIED THIS TRAGIC DEATH)+
>she finally succumbed to the inevitable<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>neal has suffered much from this experience<
>only his blessed, beautiful new wife lorraine<
+( HE HAS WRITTEN MUCH+
+POETRY FUELED by THIS)+
>has saved him from total plunge into abyss<
>(lorraine is a radiant classic creole beauty)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>like my blog as catharsis, neal has turned to his<
>talent at drawing to create a heart-felt cartoon<
+(TARZAN ENTERS THE+
+/ TUNNEL OF LIGHT)+
>strip to express the deep feelings of life loss<
>and continual search in ethereal dimensions<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>at the end of the tunnel of light tarzan finds<
>the mother he never knew and the wife he<
+(NEAL'S REF. READING is+
+"EDGAR CAYCE OF THE
+AKASHIC RECORDS")+
>lost w/ alzheimers in the form of a radiant<
>spectral queen who spoke telepathically<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>the beautiful, radiant, enigmatic queen tells+
+tarzan "we have been waiting for you for<
+(AND "TIME TRAVEL IN+
+EINSTEIN'S UNIVERSE")+
>a long time & now the day has arrived"<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+"COME EMBRACE ME FOR+
+>>THIS IS THE ETERNAL+
>(my gratitude to neal<
>for sharing his soul)<
+TEMPLE & I AM THE+
+GODDESS OF LIFE"+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu
Loving your pictures and the genuine and poignant way you have put your story across - you're an inspiration and I am following your journey - awesome work!
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