A Lunar Anamnesis

Plato's theory of anamnesis proposes that learning is not the acquisition of new knowledge, but rather the recollection of wisdom known to us before birth. I find there's something extremely evocativealmost hauntingly soin the idea that we slowly uncover knowledge imprinted within us beyond our control or memory. Like the act of stargazing, where the vastness of the cosmos elicits a very personal response, anamnesis represents a rediscovery of something distant yet familiar, a kind of inward stargazing. The stars' and moon's light thus become metaphors for this buried wisdom, guiding us to remember parts of ourselves that feel both eternal and deeply personal. A Lunar Anamnesis explores this connection between cosmic grandeur and personal memory through a ternary (ABA) form, where the first and last sections unfold slowly and expressively, evoking self-reflection. In contrast, the faster central B section uses a layered texture to capture the beauty and awe of stargazing, creating a contrast that celebrates the gradual, expressive awakening of knowledge from within.