RAY-AUDUBON-BRESSE-BOONE-COCTEAU / an amazing history

+JOHN RAY+

>pioneer trail blazer, cotton planter, lawyer, judge<

>state legislator, friend of abraham lincoln, davey<

>crockett, jim bowie, sam houston, jean jacques<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+JOHN RAY / RAYVILLE)+

>audubon whose >family came through famed<

>cumberland gap w/ daniel boone (ray county<

+GOOGLE _ EUGENE RAY

>missouri / gov. ray) was hated by people<

>who wanted to continue slavery because<

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+JOHN RAY WAS ONE OF SEVEN+

+LA. STATE LEGISLATORS WHO+

>(john ray >founder of rayville<

>la. had to leave >breston w/<

>fmily move to >new orleans)<

+VOTED FOR >EMANCIPATION+

+HE IS STILL HATED FOR THIS+

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+SYNCHRONICITY+

>not only was his wife's bresse family related<

>to his son eugene's wife's degruy family, his<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+

+BRESSE / GRUY / SAVOY)+

>randolph ancestors in virginia were related<

>to thomas jefferson, (jefferson's wife was<

+(GOOGLE :>>>> EUGENE RAY /+

+RAY-RANDOLPH-JEFFERSON)+

>a randolph) which is why our father, son<

>of eugene ray, was named randolph ray<

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>VITAL NOTE, dna history is valued only<

>for its historical value, not for ego concern<

>that issue is abhorrent to my human values<

>(remember the blog melds life and work)<

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 >i thank georgia chadwick of the louisiana state<
>law library for this portrait copy of john ray &<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>> / MATTHEW BRADY)+
>will remind us that a photo portrait of john ray<
>by matthew brady is available in washington<
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 >one of my favorite louisina cotton plantations<
>was oakley near st francisville where talented<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+>OAKLEY PLANTATION)+
>artist jean jacques audubon taught painting &<
>was probably visited by john ray, his friend<
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 >during the 1950s & 60s i photographed oakley<
>several times..it was remote & possessed much<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / TROPICAL CYCLONE)+
>atmospheric radiance in its thick felicinia forest<
>(great bird life / (photo after a tropical cyclone)<
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 >an artifact w/ egyptian references found at<
>poverty point emphasizes the nubian dna<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+ / NUBIAN OLMEC DNA)+                                                                            
>that made its way from egypt to yucatan<
>olmec la venta then to poverty point city<
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 >"poverty point" ancient native american city<
>near >breston plantation w/ nubian-olmec<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ LA VENTA / MAYA ET)+
>influences from >la venta yucatan has an<
>impressive et cosmic conscious heritage<
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 >this louisiana painting (print) by audubon was<
>given to me by marianne as a surprise gift &<
+(GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY+
+/ BLUE HERRON / (GRUE)+
>i value it for several reasons, not the least<
>is that it was probably >painted at oakley<
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 >the ray family has two branches , one in old<
>scotland in sir walter scott border country &<
>the second in >burgundy, france at ray-sur<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>> / de RAY CASTLE)+
>soane in this ancient la roche de ray castle<
>(where the shroud of turin was imported)<
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 >this is the famed flag of the savoy dukes w/<
>its powerful swiss-italian knights templar<
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+>> / DUKES OF SAVOY)+
>association to the cross of lorraine & the<
>history of the >ancient gruyere counts<
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 >jean cocteau was not only a visionary artist<
>of the fisherman's chapel in bresse-savoy<
+(GOOGLE :>> EUGENE RAY+
+COCTEAU / SION PRIORY)+
>villefranche-sur-mer he was >secretly the<
>head of the post 2nd ww "priory de sion"<
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>villefranche-sur-mer is a suberb of nice<
>france which has, like new orleans the<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+MARDI GRAS ARTISTRY)+
>annual celebration of the mardi gras &<
>french visionary artistry offers much<
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>at la venta near vera cruz a field trip i led to<
>the yucatan w/ a bus load of sdsu students<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>/ NUBIAN YUCATAN)+
>found the giant olmec nubian stone heads<
>& rounded conical mayan jungle temples<
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+LITTLE DID I UNDERSTAND+
+AT THE TIME, THE VALUE+
>(cosmic conscious<
>ufo-et revelations)<
+IT WOULD ENJOY LATER+
+AS MAYAN ET LINKAGE+
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu