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هفت پیکر نظامی داستانی همواره تازه،رمزآلود،سراسراسطوره ای و کلید فهم نگارگری ایرانی است؛که ماجرای هفت فلک،هفت ملکه وهفت مرحله ی تکامل انسان را روایت می کند.همه ی داستان،حرکت در مسیر رمزگشایی از یک نماداست که درآن هر انجام،آغاز دیگری است؛
مجموعه ای از تجربه هاو دریافت ها،نظیرزندگی،مرگ،قهرمانی،سوگواری وحضور توأمان جسم و روح، خیر و شر و تقابل هایی ازاین دست،در زنجیره ای پایان ناپذیر.هرچند قصه رازهای پنهانی را تعریف می کند ولی نظامی به دنبال قصه نمی رود بلکه به دنبال مکان مقدسی ست که مربع را به دایره تبدیل می کند.گویی پرسش های آدمی تا به امروز همان است که بود.
واقعیت هایی که دراکنونِ ما تکثیر می شوند؛ جنگ ها،انقلاب ها،درگیری های قومی و جنسیتی،اخبار و رویدادهایی که عمرشان یک روز هم نیست.دنیایی تکه تکه و پر از تشویش واضطراب که سده هاست همه چیز و همه کس را در خود حل کرده است. گویی چنین داستان سرایی هایی تلاش برای پاسخ به آنها یا دست کم گریز به جهانی رویایی است؛ چنان دروغی زیبا برای پوشاندن زشتی!
این مجموعه حاصل پنج سال زندگی و همراهی گذشته و حال، ادراک ذهنی و به تصویر کشیدن رمزگونه ی همان تجربیات و دریافت هاست در روندِ کار و روزگارِ ما که مدام در گیر و دار آغازی دیگر از پیِ انجامی دیگر است؛ چنان گردبادی که هنوز راهش را نَپیموده است.
هما بذرافشان
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Nezami’s “Haft Peikar” (“Seven Beauties”), is a tale of constant novelty, mystery, legends and mythical signs, and the key to understanding the Iranian painting. It narrates the story of seven skies, seven princesses and seven stages of man’s evolution. The whole story is a move through unraveling a symbol in which each ending is the start of a new beginning.
It is a series of experiences and perceptions such as life, death, heroism, and mourning, the combined presence of body and soul, welfare and evil and contrasts of this kind in a boundless chain. Although the story unfolds disguised mysteries, Nezami is not pursuing the subject only; but instead, he is searching for a holy place where a square can be transformed into a circle. It seems as if today’s questions of man, are still what they were in the past.
Realities that propagate in our present; wars, revolutions, tribal and racial struggles, news and events which last less than a day…. We are living in a fragmented world, full of anxiety and stress that has dissolved everything and everyone inside for centuries. It appears that stories of such kind, like what Nezami has portrayed in “Haft Peikar”, are an effort to respond to these issues or at least a trial to run away from reality and escape to a world of fantasy; such a beautiful lie to cover all the ugliness.
This collection is the result of 5 years of my life and experiences of the past and present, subjective perception and mysterious illustration of those experiences and insights in a world which is constantly dealing with a new beginning after each ending… such a whirlwind that has not completed its way yet.
Homa Bazrafshan
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Overview and HistoryTehran is the capital of Iran and the largest city in the Middle East, with a population of fifteen million people living under the peaks of the Alborz mountain range.Although archaeological evidence places human activity around Tehran back into the years 6000BC, the city was not mentioned in any writings until much later, in the thirteenth century. It's a relatively new city by Iranian standards.But Tehran was a well-known village in the ninth century. It grew rapidly when its neighboring city, Rhages, was destroyed by Mongolian raiders. Many people fled to Tehran.In the seventeenth century Tehran became home to the rulers of the Safavid Dynasty. This is the period when the wall around the city was first constructed. Tehran became the capital of Iran in 1795 and amazingly fast growth followed over the next two hundred years.The recent history of Tehran saw construction of apartment complexes and wide avenues in place of the old Persian gardens, to the detriment of the city's cultural history.The city at present is laid out in two general parts. Northern Tehran is more cosmopolitan and expensive, southern Tehran is cheaper and gets the name "downtown."Getting ThereMehrabad airport is the original one which is currently in the process of being replaced by Imam Khomeini International Airport. The new one is farther away from the city but it now receives all the international traffic, so allow an extra hour to get there or back.TransportationTehran driving can be a wild free-for-all like some South American cities, so get ready for shared taxis, confusing bus routes and a brand new shiny metro system to make it all better. To be fair, there is a great highway system here.The metro has four lines, tickets cost 2000IR, and they have segregated cars. The women-only carriages are the last two at the end, FYI.Taxis come in two flavors, shared and private. Private taxis are more expensive but easier to manage for the visiting traveler. Tehran has a mean rush hour starting at seven AM and lasting until 8PM in its evening version. Solution? Motorcycle taxis! They cut through the traffic and any spare nerves you might have left.People and CultureMore than sixty percent of Tehranis were born outside of the city, making it as ethnically and linguistically diverse as the country itself. Tehran is the most secular and liberal city in Iran and as such it attracts students from all over the country.Things to do, RecommendationsTake the metro to the Tehran Bazaar at the stop "Panzda Gordad". There you can find anything and everything -- shoes, clothes, food, gold, machines and more. Just for the sight of it alone you should take a trip there.If you like being outside, go to Darband and drink tea in a traditional setting. Tehranis love a good picnic and there are plenty of parks to enjoy. Try Mellat park on a friday (fridays are public holidays), or maybe Park Daneshjou, Saaii or Jamshidieh.Remember to go upstairs and have a look around, always always always! The Azadi Tower should fit the bill; it was constructed to commemorate the 2500th anniversary of the Persian Empire.Tehran is also full of museums such as:the Contemporary Art Museumthe Abghine Musuem (glass works)the 19th century Golestan Royal Palace museumthe museum of carpets (!!!)Reza Abbasi Museum of extraordinary miniaturesand most stunning of all,the Crown Jewels Museum which holds the largest pink diamond in the world and many other jaw-dropping jewels.Text by Steve Smith.
