Imagining a Better World

I've been reading and thinking a lot for a presentation about one of my favorite authors, Richard Brautigan, for my capstone class. I think my favorite thing about his books is the way he re-imagines the world into a place that is more kind and gentle, or at least more interesting, than the one that he actually lived in. Isn't that what we are doing, should be doing, as writers? Inventing a new and better world for ourselves and our readers? Beyond being writers, as human beings we need to reinvent a better world for ourselves, for our own sanity.