MONDAY
MUSE (29 October 2012)
RESPONSIVE
RAGE
During
our college days, my first impression of Victor Hugo Gomes was of an ‘angry young
man’. But the art student’s fury was intertwined with passion. He held the
emotion of hope as well as the sentiment of restlessness. Most of our generation
seemed consumed by a rebellious rage, but not many were able to make a
difference like Victor.
Victor’s
passionate rage made him constantly step out of the confines of his boundaries.
From putting together music shows to restoring and retrieving a losing heritage,
Victor allowed his rage to fuel his progress towards transforming the negative
situation. His anger, at the callous and careless attitude towards a diminishing
legacy, resulted in the impressive Goa Chitra – a museum of implements, tools
and cultural lifestyles of Goans.
Every stimulus can trigger off a wide range of responses. One of
the possible responses is anger. So often, the situation is such that the rage
seems natural. We get disturbed by the provocation born of dismay, disgust or
distress. So easily we respond with rage, but it is pertinent to ask whether
our rage is responsive.
Indignation is definitely desirable over indifference and
insensitivity. But mere fury is just hot air. However, if the hot air makes a
huge balloon rise and takes people along to loftier actions, then the fury
turns worthy. We need to be better at ensuring that our rage is not just a
reaction... it must transform into a responsive action that can strive to
overcome the very cause of that rage... like Victor has!
Let’s BE BETTER at nurturing the seething rage emotion
by renovating the negative through responsive action!
- Pravin K. Sabnis
Goa, India.
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