“The Serene Lotus” – A Cinematic Farewell to Forget Me Not
With The Serene Lotus, composer and pianist Maria Karakusheva brings the final bloom of her neoclassical journey Forget Me Not into the light. This poignant, sweeping piece closes the album with a sense of quiet strength and luminous stillness — a sonic exhale after a season of emotional transformation.
Released as the final chapter of the four-part flower suite (The Wild Iris, Magnolia, Dahlia, and The Serene Lotus), this piece embodies clarity and transcendence. Where Dahlia was darkness with purpose, The Serene Lotus is light with memory — an awakening that carries both what was lost and what was found.
The accompanying music video, filmed on the canals of Amsterdam, brings the concept to life in breathtaking form. Floating down the water on a boat covered in wild flowers, Maria plays the piano as the city reveals itself around her like a dream. The imagery evokes rebirth and serenity, a lotus blooming slowly and fully, even amidst the currents. It’s not only a performance — it’s a living painting, a quiet revolution moving through water and air.
This video was the closing gesture of a story that needed time to tell itself,” Maria says. “I imagined a scene where the music could drift, just like a lotus — anchored but free. Amsterdam gave me that.Maria
As the final release from Forget Me Not, The Serene Lotus marks both an ending and an invitation. The album, inspired by the symbolic power of flowers and the resilience of the human spirit, is now complete — and each track a chapter in a story about remembrance, transformation, and the kind of love that outlives fear.
Watch the full video for The Serene Lotus and revisit the full journey of Forget Me Not — an album that blooms in silence, in strength, and in the places we return to when words are no longer enough.
Watch The Serene Lotus.