If a song plants an idea or a feeling in a mind, it has already changed the world. An invitation to slip into somebody else’s skin for a little while. The idea that life could be, should be, better than this. What happens then? Feelings and ideas happen. But sometimes, they land in a mind that is ready. Often, usually, they land on barren soil and don’t take root. ‘Where will these song-seeds land? It’s the Parable of the Sower. Others, Dean can’t identify, but the hardboiled press pack look on. Dean recognises, ‘It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)’, ‘Strange Fruit’ and ‘The Trail of the Lonesome Pine’. Who knows where they’ll land? Or what they’ll bring?’ Jasper leans into the mic and, without a wisp of self-consciousness, sings a miscellany of single lines from nine or ten songs. Songs, like dandelion seeds, billowing across space and time. “Where do ideas and feelings originate?” My answer is, “Others. “Who or what influences the minds of the people who change the world?” My answer is “Ideas and feelings.” Which begs a question. Utopia Avenue: A Novel: Mitchell, David: 9780812997439: : Books Books Literature & Fiction Genre Fiction Buy new: 16.59 List Price: 30.00 Details Save: 13.41 (45) Get Fast, Free Shipping with Amazon Prime FREE Returns FREE delivery Tuesday, March 28 if you spend 25 on items shipped by Amazon Or fastest delivery Monday, March 27. People invent, kill, make babies, start wars.’ Jasper lights a Marlboro. People pass laws, riot, hear God and act accordingly. “Songs do not change the world,’ declares Jasper.
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