Utopia sounds so good. Sweep away what is and build in its place a more perfect society. Like millions before them, John and Diane were looking for a better world; that search quickly grew complicated, as it always does. They got caught in the crash between their dreams and hard reality. It’s an old story, played out across time, in virtually every revolution and millenarian movement, where human lives are treated as mere expedients on the journey toward a new world. Yes, John and Diane were victims of Auroville’s revolution. They were also victims of the search for perfection.
