A Vedantic reading of Keith Jarrett’s improvised masterpiece “October 17, 1988,” exploring its arc from chaos to clarity and its hidden structure as Om.

A personal essay tracing the path from artistic expression to spiritual insight. What began as a need to create evolved into a deeper desire to understand reality. Through meditation and the teachings of Advaita Vedanta, the search turned inward—toward the Self, the silent witness behind all thought and feeling.