>"TO BE ORIGINAL IS TO GO BACK >TO THE ORIGINS"< (antonio gaudi) >google< "AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL >ONLY THE FANTASTIC IS POSSIBLE" (teilhard de chardin) "WHO ARE WE >WHERE ARE WE FROM WHERE DO WE GO" (paul gauguin) >quotations to fuel our pilgrimage to the french west indies via the former colony of +new orleans+ +DEAR VALENTIN/DUFOUCHARD+ +VERLOIN deGRUY COUSINS+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >a week from today, next friday at 10 am, john lawrence the kind exhibitions director of the +HISTORIC NEW ORLEANS+ +C O L L E C T I O N+ >has offered to welcome us to +THAT WONDERFUL PLACE+ +ON ROYAL STREET+ +VIEUX CARRE+ (planet earth) >YOU REMEMBER THE FABULOUS TIME WE HAD THERE TWO YEARS AGO... >vaudechamp portraits of our degruy related creole ancestors alone +DAZZLED THE EYES+ >my message of yesterday gives some idea of my interests of (HNOC ARCHIVE) .the moment THERE and no telling what may be +R E V E A L E D+ >THE TEMPLAR MEMORY/INFLUENCE is a factor in 18th century louisiana (POWERFUL MEMORY) >construction that needs study. >THERE IS A PLACE ON THE MAP (barataria plantation) >OF THE OLD deGRUY LAND TITLED >TEMPLE< >just as there is a place titled +LAC AUZON TEMPLE+ >in the lake back of the degruy chateau at magny fouchard. (CHAMPAGNE, FRANCE) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +POINT "0" NEW ORLEANS+ >in my mind is the point in front of the front door of the cathedral ST. LOUIS / VIEUX CARRE >in paris this is @ the notre dame cathedral and every place in the country of france is measured +FROM THAT POINT "0"+ +AUFRERE/PERRY/COUTURIER+ >let us not forget our earliest vieux >carre ancestors at the beginning< (antoine's relatives) >AUFRERE/PERRY HOUSES WERE IN THE NEXT BLOCK FROM VIEUX CARRE POINT "0." >PERE DAGOBERT WAS IN CHARGE+ (antoine's relative preceeded the famous pere antoine) +AT THE CHURCH OF ST. LOUIS.+ (father perry also there) >they greeted antoine jean baptiste (EXACTLY 270 YEARS AGO !) >valentin verloin degruy when he arrived in march of 1739. +PALMETTO/MUD/MOSS/CYPRESS+ +RIVER CANE & ALLIGATORS+ >even earlier our dreux ancestor was living out along bayou st. jean and clearing the vieux carre land for >PRIMAL ORGANIC HOUSING IN THE NATIVE AMERICAN STYLE ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >biomorphic river cane and mud structures built on high ground +WERE STRONG & RESILIENT+ >they flexed in high wind but did +NOT BLOW AWAY+ >(the earliest french structures >FAILED BADLY) +INDIAN MOUND TEMPLES+ raised heroically above the river cane and palmetto jungle commanded a TROPICAL LANDSCAPE COLORED BY THOUSANDS OF GREEN AND YELLOW PARROTS. +FATHER du RU+ >the french missionary priest with THE COMPANY OF THE INDIES EXPLORATION GROUP. (bienville) >HAD A CANE ALTAR CONSTRUCTED SURMOUNTED BY A WOVEN CANE (powerful talisman) +CRUCIFIX OF JESUS CHRIST+ >(the indians were very impressed) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >to be continued.... gene ray, san diego, california