+M E T A M O R P H O S I S+ >last night president clinton spoke +EVENING NEWS+ >of transforming haitien rubble +TEMPLAR ALCHEMY+ >directly on the tragic site< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +"THE ART OF RESILIENCE"+ >(san domingue (haiti) new orleans)< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >is another article in the september issue of the "smithsonian magazine" and is +BILL BRUBAKER : AUTHOR+ >an exellent review of the sad loss of much art in post earthquake +ISLAND OF HAITI+ ^^^^^^^^^^ >the former french island "san domingue" with its many links w/ our new orleans. +CREOLE WEST INDIES PLANTATIONS+ +AND FRENCH CREOLE FAMILIES+ >at the top of a long list< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +HECTOR HYPPOLITE+ >the famous haitien voudou doctor and folk painter is mentioned in a rather uneven way emphasizing his love +FOR HAITIEN WOMEN+ >(i suppose every celebrity's biography could approach their life in that way) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +WHAT I REMEMBER IS ART OF A+ +VERY HIGH ORDER REFLECTING+ (tropique/metaphysique) +THE AFRO-FRENCH ISLAND+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >the beauty of hector hippolyte's basket like abode filled w/ voudou gear and +TRANSCENDENT PAINTINGS+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >cause aesthetic/poetic sensations +OF A MOST UNIQUE ORDER+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +SO MINDFUL OF NEW ORLEANS+ (1959 our decade there 1969) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >the article describes the founding of the famous "le centre d'art" in port au prince by the american +ARTIST : DEWITT PETERS+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >(thousands of paintings destroyed +INSTANT RUBBLE+ >in the apocalyptic tembler<) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +NEW ORLEANS-POST KATRINA+ >circumstances certainly are a paralell to the afro-french haitien art recovery ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +MY THREE VIEUX CARRE PROJECTS+ >explorers gift shop/traylor< +(AMID THE RUINS)+ >apartment/jazz workshop< +OF THE 1960S RELATE TO THIS+ (radiant color-light-energy) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +HAITI AND NEW ORLEANS POSSESS+ >afro-latin tropic syndrome< +POWERFUL ORGANIC RADIANCE+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >(evidenced in our knight's >of saint louis milieu< ^^^^^^^^^^^^ +BORE PLANTATION FLAVOR+ >the genius in-law of etienne de bore +CHARLES GAYARRE+ >carried the rich blood of his spanish +KINGS OF NAVARRE HERITAGE+ >w/ its pyrenees-north african history +VERY CLOSE TO OUR PAMPLUME+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >(the pamplume-aulnay wedding was >NAVARRE-VALOIS-ALBRET+ >a powerful blood alchemy for our +REGAL-NORTH AFRICAN+ +MEROVINGIAN+ >chateau magny fouchard locus) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +ARMAGNAC & COGNAC+ >the two great brandys of the french +L A N G U E D O C+ >land of nostradamus/hautpoule and< +TEMPLAR-SAUNIERE SECRETS+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >remind us of our king dagobert ii heritage w/ the priory de sion. link w/ pierre de plantard. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +SAINT VINCENT de PAUL+ >his school of alchemists discovering the +SOCIETY du ST. SACREMENT+ >secrets of brandy for our french +KINGS OF NAVARRE+ ^^^^^^^^^^^ +THE CAVAROC FAMILY INSPIRED IN+ (seigneuret partner in the arts) >odilon redon friendship< +THEIR VIEUX CARRE TOWN HOUSE+ (new orleans voudou rituals) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >(importing the precious oc elixer)< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +RADIANT ARCHITECTURE ARISING+ >transcendent manifestation< +JUST FIVE BLOCKS AWAY+ >one hundred years later< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +TROPICAL FLOWERS+ (tropique/magique) ^^^^^^^^^^^ gene ray, san diego, california