FRENCH TROPIC SYNDROME / radiant vision, radiant memory

+BATON ROUGE CHILDHOOD+

>is something my new orleans book seller friends<

>russell desmond, carey beckham & i share with<

+(NOLA WAS OUR ANCESTORS+

+PLACE ON A FRENCH EARTH)+

>ultimate attraction to focus life in new orleans<

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+NEW ORLEANS+

>became the mise-en-scene to activate family<

>genetics in the pursuit of transcendental life<

+(ST. TAMMANY PARISH+

+OUR LAND OF OZONE)+

>i started by working & living in nola suburb<

>covington, (35 miles north of new orleans)<

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  

+PARENTS HAD MET THERE+

+FAMILY HAD SUMMERED+

>(ray=degruy=cavaroc<

>staigg=foucher=roy<

>lamothe=perry=etc)<  

+THERE FOR>CENTURIES<+

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>gratitude to mary lynn hyde, neal & lorraine<

>pendleeton, ann maurin, tommy & chris<

+(OCTOBER 22 TO 29, 2014+

+NOLA JUNGLE SAFARI)+

>mcintosch, john lawrence & daniel hammer<

>brother walker & della ray, & robin beeman<

>for kind messages aiding our nola visit<

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+BARATARIA & CHOUACHAS+

>(alligators once lay in the<

>sun by the >thousands)<

+JUNGLES AWAIT OUR VISIT+

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 >the decade of intense design and construction<
>for me began in 1959 and culminated in 1969<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ BIOTRONIC ENERGY)+
>with an apocalypse of color, light, & energy<
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>in our glazed pavilion studio home designs<
>appeared rapidly to the sound of the jungle<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>/ GLAZED PAVILION)+
>& koto recordings on our magnavox hi-fi<
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 >the bogue falaya river in its summer mode<
>in the sansouci forest jungle was a calm<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+BOGUE FALAYA RIVER)+
>cool trickle beloved by creole bathers<
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 >creole tombs rotted in the jungle and tropical<
>vines emerged to flower w/ a vision of color<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>> / CREOLE TOMBS)<
>light, energy radiance harvest to california<
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 >the california harvest erupted w/ the vision<
>of a california wisdom machine designed<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ RADIANT GRAPHICS)+
>for brage golding, president of s.d.s. univ<
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 >in baton rouge the creole child was galvanized<
>by "the prince murat" plantation house which<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+PRINCE MURAT HOUSE)+
>was very like the degruy indian mound locus<
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 >five years later the sighting of an impossible<
>ufo craft elevated his perception of reality<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ BATON ROUGE UFO)+
>into a mode where the fantastic reigned<
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 >in paris french artists fueled by the unknown<
>had created a super real dimension of vision<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ NOLA SURREALISM)+
>& artistry that cavaroc friend redon thrived<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^                    

>mayan magical artistry reaches its apogee<
>in the jungles of the yucatan in flaming<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>> / LA PLONGEON)+
>red temples galvanizing la plongeon<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >in the mayan jungle world of the yucatan<
>franz blume had succeeded augustus la<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>/ CHAC-MOOL MAGIC)+
>plongeon in the role of magi-alchemist<
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 >voudou magic symbology from haiti entered<
>new orleans in abundance about the time the<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+/ VOUDOU HAITI / NOLA)+
>degruy architects built their dome sugar mill<
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 >in the barataria and chouachas jungles south<
>of new orleans our mother & older brother<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ CREOLE MAGICIANS)+
>excelled in the ability of divinational magic<
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 >during our safari in the jungles around new<
>orleans we shall be looking for remnants of<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY  / +
+ NEW ORLEANS VOUDOU)+
>the voudou arts and music of s.w. africa<
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+WHEN THE GREAT LAFAYETTE+
+VISITED BATON ROUGE DID HE+
>(google: eugene ray, fireball<
>over baton rouge in 1800)<
+ASK TO VISIT DUNBAR'S SITE+
+FOR the 1800 FIREBALL / UFO+ ?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>he certainly told his de la vergne<
>inlaws & wrote thomas jefferson<
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+BACK @ MONTECELLO RE:+
>GRUY DOME SUGAR MILL+

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eugene ray, mfa, architect

professor emeritus, sdsu