While listening to solo Otis Spann I tried to figure out how to play instrumental blues, something I already do a lot of. Tried imagining Otis Spann having the same problems I have and it felt like the right way to solve the puzzle. It is easy to forget everyone even the people you most admire, are experiencing similar things. Saw a poem recently that started “I am them and they are me.” Sounds like I am the Walrus but the more I thought about it the more it made sense. One’s sense of their significance is how every single person moves through the world. Everyone is amazed that they are alive and unique – which of course is not at all.