SOUTHERN SENTIENT SAFARI / ambience of paul gauguin

+RADIANT LATIN SAFARIS+

>much of the creative artistry in my archive is<

>collection's of photographs made in france<

>italy and my native new orleans environs<

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 +NEAL PENDLETON'S+

>poignant search for his lost family offers<

>profound lessons regard personal photos<

+(LIFE AS ART+

+ART AS LIFE)+

>powerful value as artistry documenta<
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+ARCHITECTURE & ENVIRONMENT+
>("situation" rather then object)<
+FRANCE=PEOPLE=PLANTS=ITALY+
>(sacred seed alchemy<
>/ matrix for magic)<
+NEW ORLEANS=SOUTHERN VIEW+
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>third street in baton rouge in 1947 the<
>year of my ufo mothership sighting<
+(REALITY OF A 15+
+YEAR OLD BOY)+
>was the main street for our family<
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>two pages of my collage graphics published<
>in a limited edition volume in my honor by<
+(FIELD PHOTOGRAPHS AS+
+A BASIS FOR COLLAGE)+
>my classmate ron eden for a class reunion<
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>it was in the polynesian jungle of tahiti<
>that i found the traces of paul gauguin<
+(FRENCH TROPIC INSIGHT+
+/ POLYNESIAN ZOMBIES)+
>(papeete backstreets / tropic zombies)<
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>thinking of neal's poignant search for his<
>lost family this photo of marianne makes<
+(MARIANNE in PARIS+
+NEAR ST SULPICE of+
+our LATIN HISTORY)+
>a poignant note    w/ marian's sad passing<
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 >i dearly love paris but this plantation vision<
>is a profound reminder of our families loss<
+(LOST PLANTATIONS ARE+
+my SOULFUL COGNITION)+
>of so many plant kingdom places in time<
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 >on our early dates in the 1950s marian and<
>i found jean audubon's lost mise-en-scene<
+(DEEP IN FELICIANA+
+PARISH JUNGLES)+
>where he taught eliza pierry in louisiana<
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>"return to the plantation" documents in four<
>photos my discovery of a lost gruy family<
+(LOST SUGAR KETTLE+
+RUSTING, OBSOLETE)+
>plantation sugar kettle, rusted, abandoned<
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 >the abandoned plantation house is just<
>visible from the jungle of vegetation<
+(RAYS=GRUYS=CAVAROCS+
+FOUCHERS=LAMOTHES etc)+
>photographed in deep summer light<
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 >alligators, iguanas, ivory bills, parrots, wood<
>peckers, frogs, coral snakes, mocassins, rats<
+(BRESSES=PERRYS=ROYS=+
+CARRIERS=COUTURIERS)+
>all slither past to voudou drum resonance<
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 >this, for me, poignant set of photographs is<
>my sentient homage to the lost plantation<
+(FOUCHER-deBORE PEOPLE of+
+SUGAR PROCESS INVENTION)+
>sugar processing alchemical steel kettle<
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 >i want to thank our good friend georgia<
>chadwick for sending this photo of the<
+(CAVAROC BUILDING+
+IN NEW ORLEANS '14)+
>cavaroc cast iron facade nola building<
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 >this is "i-tati" the legendary villa above florence<
>of the great art historian bernard berenson. now<
+(I DID MEDICI VILLA+
+RESEARCH HERE)+
>owned by harvard university, i had the great<
>pleasure to do research in the library here<
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>bernard berenson, the son of a lithuanian<
>immigrant street cleaner was a star pupil<
+(BERNARD BERENSON /+
+ART HISTORY GENIUS)+
>of art history at harvard & an art genius<
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+NOTE : OUR OCTOBER VISIT+
>i am grateful to professor gene cizek of tulane<
>noted architectural historian who has invited<
+(ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY+
+/ & MY CREOLE HERITAGE)+
>me to share my architectural history with his<
>class in october during our new orleans visit<
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+MY FAMILY PLANTATIONS AND+
>degruy / foucher / debore / cavaroc<
>couturier / marigny / carriere / etc)<
+NOLA INSPIRED OEUVRE SHALL+
>(california plantation villas<
>and metaphysical oeuvre)<
+MELD INTO A RADIANT WHOLE+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu