As mortals, our ancestral perceptions are more terrestrial than astral. However, there are stellar exceptions in the likes of Imhotep, Leonardo de Vinci, Frank Lloyd Wright, etc.
In the Goan galaxy, we have a glowing deprivation. It took us almost three centuries before we could huff and puff a fellow Goan up a divine pedestal. Given that track record, it will likely take another three centuries before we see the realization of the Basilica of St. Jose Vaz. However, now that our very own Santo Bhav has a new email address (st.jose...@heaven.god), perhaps, he can pull some strings, as well as miraculously jump-start the quadriplegic Goan hamstring, so that Goenkars can swiftly band together and rubber-band the requisite capital to complete the Basilica on or before Goanet's Ruby (or Rubaiyat) jubilee! PS: Some three decades ago, I contributed 50,000 rupees towards the then Blessed Jose's cause. If that sum was petrified into a CD, it should now be significant enough to serve as the first official “fator” for the proposed Basilica. And since musculoskeletal ailments have incapacitated my palette, I am graciously willing to offer what is left of my corpus as an easel to fellow artists, so that when they are called upon to dedicate their creativity to St. Jose's glory, they can oblige without fret, let or hindrance! Dom Martin RESPONDING TO Gilbert and Adolfo Message: 5 Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2019 00:10:04 +0000 (UTC) From: Gilbert Lawrence <*gilbert2...@yahoo.com*> To: Goanet Org <*goa...@goanet.org*> Subject: [Goanet] Trashing the Magic of Charles Correa Message-ID: <*268953271.935249.1564963804...@mail.yahoo.com*> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 From: Dom Martin:? In much of the Global Hemispheres, art and architecture is synonymous with culture. In Goa, it is acculturated with indifference. --------- GL responds: So what have artists and architects done to promote their work along with Goan culture?? I am not saying that is an easy undertaking.? One is likely to receive more? resistance and criticisms from the fidalgos than from the plebeians.?............... Message: 5 Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2019 14:18:41 +0300 From: Adolfo Mascarenhas <*adca...@gmail.com*> To: *gilbert2...@yahoo.com*, *goa...@goanet.org*, *dommartin9...@gmail.com* Subject: [Goanet] Joseph Vaz Basilica Message-ID: <CAAxgBsPEwbvTChP-e=3iSsv4FzQe=*mz8jceo0pshtyou82h...@mail.gmail.com*> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" In response to Message 5 Issue 433 of Sunday August 4 Martin I agree with you that in the Global Hemispheres, art and architecture is synonymous with culture. In this Unfortunately in this world of our Economics and Technology take an upper hand not only in India but also here in Tanzania......