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Sunday, October 4, 2015

NOLA JUNGLE RADIANCE / degruy dna memory orient forest / versailles

+CHRISTMAS 1738+
>antoine jean baptiste valentin verloin de gruy<
>19 year old< >lieutenant in the french marine<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>/ VERLOIN de GRUY)+
>left the warmth of versailles (his father as col<
>in louis xiv personal guard) >for new orleans<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+TROOPSHIP "SAOME"+
>with a >french regiment aboard headed across<
>the iceberg laden north atlantic to st domingue<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+> / NEW ORLEANS 1739)+
>and after re provisioning, arriving new orleans<
>in march of 1739 / packs of dogs / mud streets<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

+ANTOINE J.B.V. VERLOIN de GRUY+
>died 20 years later, >sadly fighting indians, in<
>the missouri french colony & his family came<
>back to new orleans where king louis xv who<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>> / KING LOUIS XV)+
>was >antoine's childhood friend >gave land in<
+(LATER :> LAND GRANT+
+BELOW NEW ORLEANS)+
>st. charles parish, >up river from new orleans<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >antoine's two oldest sons >purchased land across<
>river from new orleans >(from bouligny cousins)<
+(REMEMBER :> BOULIGNY+
+SAME AS BOUDOUSQUIE)+
>& jean baptiste de gruy built a famed dome sugar<
>mill on this "barataria" plantation / promised land<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >we leave soon for our >annual pilgrimage<
>to new orleans "in search of sacred seeds"<
+("CAVAROC" HOUSE IN+
+ST. BERNARD PARISH)+
>this year we shall >search on the river for<
>ancestral degruy roots in st. charles parish<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >the degruy are my  >father's mother's people<
>the cavarocs are my mother's mother's people<
+(GOOGLE  : EUGENE RAY+
+> /  CAVAROC FAMILY)+
>the cavaroc plantation (above) swallowed by<
>sugar refinery / townhouse below now thnoc<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >my love for this french family history fueled<
>the development of "metaphysical graphics"<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / METAPHYSICAL ART)+
>in the form of >collage< correspondence art<
>sent in p;ackets to >family & friends all over<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >this apartment i constructed in the vieux carre<
>was an expression of the nola organic roots w/<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+TRAYLOR APARTMENT)+
>a "cosmic conscious" biotronic radiance that i<
>felt strongly in that epoch of lunar space flight<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >there is a synergy between the metaphysical<
>art and the architecture / this progendered an<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+CORRESPONDENCE ART)+
>effort to share this synergy via an earlier blog<
>"midnight musings" titled by mary lynn hyde<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >about 1965 i drove to the >cane river country<
>of north louisiana where i discovered what an<
>artist can do to make a plantation magical / my<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY  /+
+ MELROSE PLANTATION)+
>greatest admiration is to francois mignon, most<
>talented designer< of >melrose plantation re-do<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >my exhibition at >tulane in june of 1969<
>showed >slides of my architecture<  in a<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+TULANE EXHIBITION 69)+
>cosmic conscious< environment inspired<
>by our landing on the moon that summer<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >in new orleans >between 1966 and 1969<
>i designed a variety of >visionary oeuvre<
>in addition to 3 projects in the vieux carre<
+(GOOGLE ;> EUGENE RAY /+
+BIOMORPHIC STRUCTURE)+
>several others including this >biomorphic<
>& my >mfa exhibition at tulane university<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >while building in new orleans the napoleon<
>house bar-cafe< was my >favorite refueling<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / "NAPOLEON HOUSE")+
>station and i found at the s.d. swap meet the<
>duplicate for this courvoisier napoleon lamp<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>many kind people have helped me in<
>my blog effort led by dave fobes and<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+NOLA MASONIC LODGE)+
>mary lynn hyde / >georgia chadwick<
>led me to the 19c nola masonic lodge<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+LOUIS PHILIPPE &  JEAN+
+BAPTISTE de GRUY HAD+ 
>(construction of the<
>domed< sugar mill)<
+MEETINGS HERE IN 1790+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>(jean baptiste de gruy>lived<
>on indian mound plantation)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+THIS BLOG IS MY>BEST+
+TO >INTERFACE LIFE &+
>(it is my great hope<
>that you  >enjoy it)<
+ART AS A >SYNERGY<+
+COSMIC  and ORGANIC+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu


1 comment:

  1. Hello, I am writing for my partner Clint Montz 3rd, son of Clint Montz Jr, who was yr neighbor in Sans Souci Forest years ago. Recently we drove up to your old house which was empty and vacant - it was so beautiful! Later we found out it was for sale and unfortunately we didn't get it... Anyhow, we see you are going to be here in New Orleans soon and Clint would love to see you - he has a drawing you did years ago and would like to show it to you. His dad would like to see you too I'm sure, tho he is unavailable until Oct 15. Please contact us at my email, zemondo@cox.net. Thank you - have enjoyed reading the blog, which we just found recently.

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