Gorgo is language learning that works with memory, not against it.

Gorgo was built for us—the people who get bored by drills and streaks, but remember the strange thing forever. Not because our brains work differently, but because memory itself works this way.

We’re starting with French. German, Spanish, maybe Portuguese next.

  • A surreal painting with a giant cooked chicken in the sky above a mountain resembling a volcano, a large black bomb-like object on the mountain's surface, and a small person standing on the ground looking up at the scene.
  • A giant, cracked stone sculpture of a face with eyes closed dominates an outdoor marketplace, with fishing nets of fish hanging above and market stalls with people selling goods under tents, in a historical setting with a clear blue sky and scattered clouds.

Meet Gorgo

TL;DR

Q: What is Gorgo?
A: Gorgo is a surreal language learning tool that uses strange images and sentences to make words memorable.

Q: Who is it for?
A: Gorgo is designed for neurodivergent learners, artists, and anyone bored with traditional apps.

Q: How does it work?
A: It teaches the 1,000 most-used words through surreal, unforgettable sentences and images.

How memory actually works

For most of my life, I believed I was bad at language. It wasn’t inability, it was mismatch. I built Gorgo because I needed something different.

Our brains don't store language just because it's repeated. Memory champions have known this for decades—the brain prioritizes the emotionally resonant, the spatially situated, the sensorially vivid. Not drills. Not streaks. Strange little worlds where words become memories, because they get inside you rather than sit at the surface.

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Art is memorable for a reason

Our brains don’t hold onto drills and flashcards—they hold onto images, textures, places, feelings. Art has always known this, but science does too—that memory thrives on multi-sensory experience: sight, sound, place.

We believe art, especially strange art, is the key to memory. This isn't a hunch—it's based on 40+ years of memory research. From the Method of Loci to Tony Buzan's work on bizarre imagery, we know what sticks. We're just applying it to language learning.

The 1000 word framework

Every language is built on a core vocabulary of about 1,000 words. Learn those well, and you cover 85% of everyday speech.

Gorgo uses that framework as its backbone—but instead of teaching you “cat” and “dog” in isolation, we weave them into strange, unforgettable sentences. This way, you learn in context, not in lists. Gorgo skips the tourist plateau and jumps to real phrases.

We're starting with French. Spanish and German coming next.

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This isn't new. It's just been ignored.

Memory champions don't have better brains. They use techniques: strange imagery, emotional resonance, spatial anchoring. The Method of Loci is 2,500 years old. Tony Buzan proved bizarre associations work better than repetition in the 1970s.

Language apps ignore this because engagement metrics matter more than memory. Streaks keep you coming back. Weird imagery might make you remember... and leave. Go live your bi-lingual life!

How Gorgo Works 

No leaderboards. No quizzes. Just you, surreal art, and phrases you’ll actually remember.

A surreal image of a large fish head on a table, with a small dining table set nearby. A spoon hangs from the ceiling casting a shadow that resembles an exclamation mark. There is a window in the room with clouds visible outside.

I’m testing a hypothesis

Gorgo is an experiment: Can memory techniques work for language learning at scale?

I’m looking for 100 collaborators—not customers. People genuinely curious whether this works, and willing to engage seriously.

First 100 get lifetime free access.

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