Ono had explained her own and their joint inspiration for imagining a more peaceful and hopeful future: "George Orwell and all these guys have projected very negative views of the future. And imagining a projection is a very strong magic power. I mean that.
“That’s the way society was created. And so, because they’re setting up all these negative images, that’s gonna create the society. So we were trying to create a more positive image, which is, of course, gonna set up another kind of society."
https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/1594414/John-Lennon-wrote-Imagine-with-Yoko-Ono-Beatles-son-Julian-Lennon-Ukraine-song
