METAPHYSICAL ART-LIFE / essence of a new orleans child

+CHRISTMAS 2014 ALCHEMY+

+RADIANT MEMORY 1932-55+

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>the essence that has galvanized my life<

>was strong in our childhood ambience<

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+MOTHER & BROTHER+

>(gladys marie staigg<

>randolph j. ray jr<

>(early mentors)<

>OUR ARTISTIC EYES+

>were opened early<

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+ART WAS IMPORTANT IN+

>(paintings, furniture<

>objects and books)<

+OUR CHILDHOOD HOME+

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>(richard morel staigg miniature<

>portrait of his brother was an<

+(STAIGG-CAVAROC+

+LINK, BOSTON-R.I.)+

>exquisite >icon in our home)<

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 >ranny our brilliant brother was artist,<
>writer, seer, philosopher & magician<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ RANDOLPH J. RAY JR)+
>(cosmos consciousness & artistry)<
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 >the tradition of painting passion in our cavaroc<
>family interest was enlightened by the fantastic<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>> / ODILON REDON)+
>oeuvre of odilon redon, friend from bordeaux<
>attached to one of my grandmother's sisters<
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 >my passion for vernacular architecture began<
>on the river road w/ magnolia plantation store<
+(THE "TEMPLE OF COSMIC+
+VISITATION" / COLLAGE)+
>which via my collage xerography morphed<
>into the "temple of the cosmic visitation"<
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 >my form of "metaphysical art" began with<
>the radiance of "genetic memory" fired by<
+("FRENCH TROPIQUE" MAGI+
+>>/ CAVAROC ALCHEMY)+
>photography of degruy, cavaroc & ray<
>history plus my own leica photographs<
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 >synchronistically, affordable xerox technology<
>made it possible for me to develop a new art<
+"METAPHYSICAL ART"+
+/ OF DNA GENETICS+
>media based on deep genetic dna memory<
>going back to france, italy & switzerland<
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 >it was in the river jungles of the barataria<
>and st. tammany that my louisiana creole<
+(FRENCH JUNGLE VISION+
+>/ IGNITED MY OEUVRE)+
>ancestors became radiant w/ a visionary<
>apocalypse that has ignited my oeuvre<
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>after constructing the post & beam structures<

>of my louisiana oeuvre, 1960-1965..i began<

+(RADIANT ARCHITECTURE /+

+(NOLA-GRUY-CHRIST-UFO)+

>an intense effort, result >radiant architecture<

>1966-1970, based on- >color-light-energy<

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 >earlier, in los angeles california a huge ufo<
>(1942) caused marianne to hide in a closet<
+(UFO ADVENT BECAME+
+OUR >RADIANT LIGHT)+
>w/ her mother & brother and >five years<
>later electrified my baton rouge vision<
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 >cosmic consciousness was not new to our<
>family artistic, architectural and visionary<
+(de GRUY LONG HISTORY+
+W/ >SACRED GEOMANCY+
+& the SHROUD OF TURIN)+
>history, considering their long tenure in<
>the orient forest w/ st. bernard clairvaux<
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 >it was at christmas in the le ray chapel of<
>the knights templars in the orient forest<
+(CHARNEY >MARRIED TO +
+VERGY- (GRUY-RAY DNA)+
>when france's greatest knight de charney<
>lifted the >shroud of turin over his head<
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 >these last three collage xerography works of<
>"metaphysical art" i dedicate to my family &<
+(FRENCH CHATEAUX AND+
+ITALIAN VILLAS EXCITE)+ !
>friends back in louisiana and dna family<
>still left in france, italy and switzerland<
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 >thinking of neal pendleton, degruy cousin<
>this christmas in new orleans, who like my<
+(MY GRATITUDE TO+
+/ NEAL & WALKER)+
>brother walker, has sent me much family<
>historical data for which i am >grateful< !
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 >i also thank others, like cousin gary "duke"<
>clark for valuable staigg, cavaroc dna data<
+NOLA CREOLE RUINS+
+>>EXQUISITE & SAD+

>and mary lynn hyde & tommy mcintosh<

>for generous nola summer hospitality<

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+CHRISTMAS 2014+

>in my view, is an opportunity,>no<

>matter your formal religious status<

>to honor virtue in human potential<

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+JIMMY GORIMAR+
>our distinguished sdsu alum from<
>india just sent christmas greeting<
+CHRISTMAS GREETINGS/+
+FROM US to ALL OF YOU+ !
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu