We can choose to see good or bad in whatever we create, and we can create the future of the town by way we conduct ourselves. Opposing voices and sounds can find a harmony, he says. Dissonance and harmony. As in music, there is a place for both in consensus-building. He likens various opinions to a musical counterpoint.
Different opinions are like different pieces in an orchestra.
They can all blend together. Sometimes someone takes the solo role and sometimes people are acting in a support position. But some Springdalians see things more simply. The woman working at the counter at Canyon Offerings on Main Street isn't talking esoterics or amorphous community philosophy. She's talking survival.