Good article Simon and I think in essence you’re right. And it is backed up by that first response from Joanna. I have spent a lifetime at the forefront of change and when one describes a dream of a better future a standard negative response is to say its utopian, meaning unrealistic. I used to take this as a criticism – a nice little put-down – but recently I have come to relish it. It means you are on to something. Of course one might not achieve everything one strives for, and things will certainly change and develop along the way – but the principle desire of pursuing a better life, a better way of doing things, implies change, unease and yes hard slog. So for some its simpler to say it is unrealistic. But where would the world be today without all those pioneers: artists, thinkers and doers who believed in changing things for the better and making it happen?
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