METAPHYSICAL VISION / manifestations of nola french alchemy

+CLARENCE JOHN LAUGHLIN+

>was the kind of new orleanian that i was glad<

>to claim as my friend because we shared a<

+(NEW ORLEANS AS A+

+/>RADIANT DREAM)+

>vision of what the old city was best about<

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+LAFCADIO HEARN, VICTOR HUGO+

+CHARLES NODIER, AUGUSTUS LE+

>tennesee wiliams, (brother ranny<

>saw him in the nola vieux carre)< 

+PLONGEON, CHARLES GAYARRE &+

+GRACE KING ARE LINKED TO THIS+

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>metaphysical vision fuels our safari as<

>we prepare to leave for new orleans<

+(SEARCH FOR THE+

+/ SACRED SEEDS)+

>on the 22nd of this month of october<

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 >i took this faded photo w/ one of my first<
>german cameras in 1948..it is the original<
+(FRENCH MARKET IN+
+B.R./ DESTROYED 48)+ !
>french market in baton rouge as it was<
>being torn down for a parking lot< !
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 >when i was about 10 years old our cousin<
>the gifted genealogist gilbert dufouchard<
+(GOOGLE : >>EUGENE RAY/+
+VAUDECHAMP PORTRAIT)+
>de gruy explained that the diamonds on<
>these buttons were a gift of louis xiv<
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 >my mother who spoke fluent parisian french<
>was an excellent cook and i loved her bell<
+(MARY LYNN, LETS GO+
+HERE IF POSSIBLE)+ !
>peppers stuffed i know like dookie chase<
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 >our cavaroc "memere" grew up on the family<
>plantation now swallowed by a refinery for<
+(CAVAROC PLANTATION /+
+HOUSE, SWALLOWED UP)+
>sugar that had made creoles very wealthy<
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 >i was sad to learn that our old friend chris<
>friedrichs, nola landscape architect, has<
+(CHRIS FRIEDRICHS /+
+LSU CLASSMATE 57)+
>left this planet earth, (had much spirit)<
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>five years earlier my taste for architecture was<
>set forever by designing two chapels for the<
+(EXPOSED STRUCTURE WAS+
+VITAL TO MY LA. OEUVRE)+
>state of louisina having glue-lam structure<
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 >the napoleon house bar/cafe was from the<
>beginning our headquarters in the vieux<
+(PETER IMPASTATO> /+
+SAZARAC ALCHEMY)+
>carre and as my old friend john messina<
>said "please enplane a muffeleta to me"<
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>read henry millers fine essay "the staff of<
>life" about the great breads of the world<
+(FRENCH BREAD OUR+
+NOLA STAFF OF LIFE)+
>to appreciate the new orleans baguette<
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>french metaphysical references provide the<
>essence to develop concepts & graphics<
+(HEAT=SEEDS=SOIL+
+>>RAIN=LIGHT<<+)
>reflecting the organics of new orleans<
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 >my sincere hope is that future scholars will<
>use the evidence that i leave to construct<
+(PROTOTYPES EMERGE+
+FROM THE EVIDENCE)+
>a book that will do justice to my oeuvre<
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>my work shall outlive this epoch in future<

>constructions that use the organic design<

+(BIOTRONIC RADIANCE+

+VIA KERLIAN PHOTO)+

>radiance that this blog has suggested<

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 >it was in our louisiana sansouci forest studio<
>home that the biotronic radiant effort began<
+(RADIANT STUDIO IN+
+SANSOUCI FOREST)+
>w/ the designs i made for 3 nola projects<
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+OUR SANSOUCI FOREST MEMORY+

+ENRICHED BY A ORIENT FOREST+

>(500 years of documented<

>french life offers much<

>synchronistic history)<

+METAPHYSICAL FRENCH VISION+

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eugene ray, mfa, architect

professor emeritus, sdsu