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Sunday, October 5, 2014

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<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+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+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>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<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 >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< !
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >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<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >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<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >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<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >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)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                     
>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<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >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"<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>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<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>french metaphysical references provide the<
>essence to develop concepts & graphics<
+(HEAT=SEEDS=SOIL+
+>>RAIN=LIGHT<<+)
>reflecting the organics of new orleans<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                     

 >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<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>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<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >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<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+OUR SANSOUCI FOREST MEMORY+
+ENRICHED BY A ORIENT FOREST+
>(500 years of documented<
>french life offers much<
>synchronistic history)<
+METAPHYSICAL FRENCH VISION+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu









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