RIVER ROAD GUMBO / safari to new orleans

+GRATITUDE+

>to tommy macintosch for emailing a photo of<

>the bouligny plantation house now located<

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+> / BOULIGNY FAMILY)+

>on the river road at reserve near laplace la.<

>(please see this photograph tonight as #13<

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+GRATITUDE+

>to mary lynn hyde for much preliminary<

>work to aid our new orleans safari that<

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+> / BARATARIA JUNGLE)+

>leaves for new orleans next wednesday<

>& which we look to w/ much interest<

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+GRATITUDE+

>to our friends at the >"historic new orleans<

>collection" who have opened their archive<

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+JOHN LAWRENCE, (thnoc))+

>to me on several occasions of scholarly &<

>generous hospitality >i am very touched< !

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>it is profound that as we leave for new orleans<
>the two new mars orbiters are sending secret<
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+> HOLOGRAPHIC VISION)+
>data we shall never see..but we must renember<
>"history" begins w/ yesterdays times picayune< ?
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>my design for "california 21" shopping center,<

>seen here, has morphed into "desert incidents"<

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+> / DESERT INCIDENTS)+

>perhaps the most profound design i leave for<

>a research center & museum for ufo history<

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>(note: this wonderful rendering of my design<

>was made by kotaro nakamura my former<

>e.d.student, now head of sdsu's art dept)<

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 >new orleans is like a time machine vision as<
>our cavaroc link to "sazarac" & "gin fizz" is<
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+ALCHEMICAL RADIANCE)+
>a >cultural history< factor but secondary to a<
>alchemical radiance lesson from the yucatan<
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 >it was in claiter's bookshop on third street in<
>downtown baton rouge that i found the 1st<
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+/ BATON ROUGE BOY)+
>books for the reference library that makes<
>this nightly blog happen each silent night<
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 >on saturday morning oct 25th several of us<
>shall photo safari down into the barataria<
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+INDIAN MOUND HOUSE)+
>looking for the jungle that has been killed<
>but finding exact degruy plantation locus<
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>it is this kind of tropical house cultural treasure<
>we shall be finding especially ripe w/ voudou<
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+>> / VOUDOU DRUMS)+
>activity and the growth of mirliton vines and<
>sound of bongos in the deep creole evening<
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 >our old friend clarence john laughlin, master of<
>surrealistic photography loved voudou magic &<
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+CLARENCE JOHN LAUGHLIN)+
>i dedicate our safari to his memory  /  it would be<
>so good if john & tania could join us in NOLA<
>(i was able to introduce them to clarence,1968)<
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 >as i have written many times john & tania<
>were my close friends in new orleans as i<
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+JOHN & TANIA MESSINA)+
>designed a "radiant architecture" plus we<
>shared a love for the grass roots culture<
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>note : john was my #1 student at l.s.u. &<
>is a talented architect & photographer w/<
>much credit to behold / see his new book<
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+ARCHITECT-PHOTOGRAPHER)+
>"berens studio" and earlier books on the<
>vernacular new orleans corner grocery<
>plus excellent study of alamos, sonora<
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>"ufo crash retrieval conference preceedings" (left)<
+(FIFTY YEARS LATER+
+/ E. RAY ARCHITECT)+
>page from ron eden's book on my graphics (right)<
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>"ufo crash retrieval conference proceedings" (left)<
+(FIFTY YEARS LATER+
+L.A./N.O.L.A. SAFARI)+
>page from ron edens book on my graphics (right)<
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>"ufo crash retrieval conference proceedings" (left)<
+(FIFTY YEARS LATER+
+/ BROTHER RANNY)+
>page from ron eden's book on my graphics (right)<
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 >as we return to new orleans, perhaps for the last<
>time, who knows, i think of those who have left<
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+/ RON EDEN, FRIEND)+
>this earth. like my earliest friend ron eden who<
>published this book / four pages seen above<
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>looking forward to our arrival in new orleans<
>and seeing many good friends like tommy<
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+>> / PRIORY DE SION)+
>macintosh who tracked down and made<
>this poignant bouligny plantation photo<
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+BOULIGNY FAMILY HISTORY+
+READS LIKE EGYPT'S MAGIC+
>(gruy st. bernard orient link<
>to nostradamus in >stenay<
>forest of st. king dagobert<
>w/ merovingian-r.l.c. link)<
+POWERFUL & COSMOLOGIC+
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>note: marianne & i leave for a funeral<
>in los ángeles we shall return sunday,<
+WE LEAVE FOR NOLA, WEDS+
+(SHALL BE PLACE D'ARMES+
+HOTEL /  >OCT 26-28, 2014)+
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu