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Hosnieh's avatar

It makes sense to me because sometimes when life is really tough & challenging , I think I never forget what happened but after a while when everything gets better i forget what happened. In the next chapter, remembering what’s happened in the past and passed helps me to bear maybe with more confidence & calmer this will be passed too and I will forget and move forward with less hesitation

Yes, You are right life is full of these remembering & forgetting cycles! 😊

James Q's avatar

The theme of forgetting and the repetitive structure of this piece is freaking genius πŸ‘

Kasra's avatar

thanks my man πŸ™

lain's avatar

Sometimes I wonder if I forget intentionally to later remember, and feel this a-ha moment.

Other times, I wonder whether it's important *what* exactly I remember, or the feeling comes from this deep place of authenticity, feeling this is me, this is my goal and deep intention for life.

I've created a note for myself that I update sometimes when I remember β€” and look into when I forget. And honestly, doesn't help lol. All of this read just like a bunch of words, unrelated to my current self. I wonder if it's part of a joke, that chasing ghosts of what I suppose "I" am is fruitless.

Lucabrando Sanfilippo's avatar

am i wrong or are you going somewhere with the last two essays cover images? love the aesthetics, midjourney?

Kasra's avatar

thanks! not midjourney, just images I like from the web

Tuomas Makinen's avatar

Really good piece. I can relate to it a lot. Except for the part about not holding out hope for the remembrance becoming a permanent state :)

Kasra's avatar

hahaha yea open to being convinced on that point

Ben Chugg's avatar

There's something very Borgesian about this essay. Very nice.

Kasra's avatar

thanks sir 🫑

Arkady Arkhangorodsky's avatar

ANOTHA. BANGA

tanyaiscurious's avatar

So comforting to hear other people’s experiences.

Jibran el Bazi's avatar

100% relate to this. And what’s so funny is that every time when I find myself β€œtrying” to remember, the only way I actually β€œdo” remember (partially) is by just letting go of trying to remember.

Btw, I love how you’ve written this without fluff words and still it’s extremely clear.

Kasra's avatar

exactly, trying just gets in the way…