[sp4cetiger]

To me, this album documents the human experience, from one phase of life to the next. As very young children, we first acknowledge ourselves as part of a larger world (part 1). This realization is gradual and complex, but as we proceed through our teenage years, it eventually leads to a resolution to find our greater purpose (part 2). Then, as young adults, we pursue whatever we conceive this greater purpose to be (part 3), but every new experience seems to bring more questions than answers. If we're lucky, we eventually make peace with life for what it is, as well as the fact that we'll never completely understand it (part 4).

I don't think this is vastly different from the interpretation that Coltrane originally intended, since I believe the human experience is fundamentally a spiritual one. Regardless, the album is a must-listen for any music lover. Also,

[alelsupreme]