if i had amnesia, what would i forget, and what would i remember?
would I know my name, and where I belong?
would I even remember which country I am in, and what on earth I am doing in the usa?
which language would I speak, as I fluently speak three languages?
would I remember how to drive a car, and operate a computer?
would I be able to recall all my passwords, I would be in deep shit if I didn’t remember that.
would I recognize my parents, my best friends, my girl friend, the people I love, and the people I hate?
would I remember that I am a muslim, and if somebody told me I was a jew, would I believe them?
would I still have the austhetic sense in me that I’ve discovered in recent years? would I still be able to transform lousy pictures into art?
would I remember anything that I have learnt, or all my education will go down the drain?
and if that happened would I still want to be in the same profession, or would I want to do something different?
maybe then I would do something in media, become a film maker and make documentaries and short movies. maybe I will make some music videos every now and then.
maybe i would be a free lance photographer and travel around the world with my camera and sell my pictures to magazines and newspapers.
maybe I would become a writer and compose novels about love and passion and romance and happiness.
but under amnesia how would i know these are the things i wanted to do in life, maybe i would have an entirely different personality with totally different interests.
and i can’t think of a single skill that i would still want to have if i got amnesia.
i would love to start over from zero.
