BARATARIA JUNGLE GUMBO / pilgrimage 2014

+"TO BE ORIGINAL+

>is to<

+RETURN TO ORIGINS"+

>(antonio gaudi)<

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+ON SATURDAY OCTOBER 25TH+

>(picasso's birthday)<

+TOMMY DROVE MARY LYNN,+

+MARIANNE & I TO RADIANT+

>(via degruy plantation)<

+BARATARIA- (lafitte) JUNGLE+

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>our beautiful great, great grandmother<

>felicity foucher verloin de gruy was<

+(GOOGLE : >> EUGENE RAY /+

+FELICITY VERLOIN deGRUY)+

>our patroness as we looked for her<

>husband's father's plantation house<

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>felicity foucher de circe married francois verloin<
>degruy around 1830 & two of her sisters were<
+(GOOGLE :>>> EUGENE RAY  / +
+FRANCOIS VERLOIN de GRUY)+
>also married to two of francois' brothers (they<
>grew up on adjoining nola sugar plantations)<
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 >the boudousquie / (bouligny-bouillon) plantation<
>house at reserve louisiana (moved there) reflects<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ BOUILLON / de SION)+
>the historical link of the bouillon & degruy in<
>france & louisiana (degruy bought their land)<
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 >tommy macintosh married his beautiful christy<
>in the place d'armes (jackson square) just<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+EXPLORERS GIFT SHOP)+
>across from the st. louis cathedral &<
>surrounded by >giant banana trees<
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>tommy has filmed many of the great new<
>orleans famed musicians like "dr.john the<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ NEW ORLEANS JAZZ)+
>night tripper" who i saw onstage at sdsu<
>one halloween night in the early 70s<
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 >mike kieneally & wes penre are, like phil de gruy<
>stars of "christy video service", tommy's creative<
+(TOMMY MCINTOSH / CHRISTY+
+VIDEO SERVICE / 225-375-3533)+
>video studio….here we see 2 paintings by the<
>multi-talented nola musical star, wes penre<
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 >a high point of our new orleans pilgrimage<
>was to find "promised land church" on the<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ DOMED SUGAR MILL)+
>site of our de gruy family plantation where<
>a templar-mason dome sugar mill was built<
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 >in lafitte, the famed barataria jungle town<
>reflecting j.b.v. degruy activity building<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>/ HILAIRE BOUTTE)+
>pirate ox-carts & pre-fab housing we<
>had a radiant, >oyster gumbo< lunch<
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 >we were startled to find in a small cemetery<
>near boutte's restaurant the graves of many<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>> / DAVID PERRIN)+
>perrin creoles including "david perrin" but<
>we found out it isn't the david we know<
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 >the bayou barataria runs by the cemetery with<
>fishing boats prominent …we also found this<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+> / LOST MAUSOLEUM)+
>marvelous miniature mausolum constructed<
>of brick w/ religious sculpture on the roof<
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 >jean baptiste verloin de gruy our famed and<
>talented ancestor planted the first sugar cane<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+JEAN BAPTISTE de GRUY)+
>in the barataria jungle & married the widow<
>montaut de monberaud w/ her tropic house<
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 >the cypress tree swamp surrounding the area<
>was the milieu of lafitte the pirate & his many<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>/ INDIAN TEMPLE)+
>trusted men whose smuggling operation was<
>famed as much as the mayan style temples<
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 >after many years writing about the j.b. degruy<
>indian mound barataria jungle house it was<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+INDIAN MOUND HOUSE)+
>exciting to finally find ourselves in the very<
>mise-en-scene of its french pioneer setting<
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+WHO ARE WE+WHERE FROM+

+WHERE DO WE GO+ links to+

>(very profoundly)<

+WHAT DID WE DO  and+

+WHAT DID WE LEARN+

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>for those interested in my art & architecture<

>this reminds that all human expression is<

+(GOOGLE :>> EUGENE RAY /+

+RADIANT ARCHITECTURE)+

>a bi-product of dna, genetic memory &<

>humans as possible>essence<agents of<

+>ET TECH. VISION & WISDOM<+ 

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eugene ray, mfa, architect,
professor emeritus, sdsu