Introspection Series

A review by Atousa Azadmehr
English Instructor.
Student at HamAva Institute of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (Iran)

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“Dear Mr. Yeganeh,

Well done to you and to your team (Ms. Yeganeh and Mr. Ozsahin) for your precious work in the ‘Introspection’ series. In the first 4 parts, every single viewpoint of “Sadegh Hedayat” was clearly tangible. In part 1, the contrast between the conscious and unconscious and the desperate struggle of modern person to pass through the border between the two opposing worlds of ‘Outer Reality’ and ‘Inner Reality’ was skillfully and delicately framed. The Conscious (toes with polished nails and a frame of relative stability), versus the Unconscious (toes of no color for the nails, totally plain and simple, sort of floating in space seemingly lacking stability)

The overall feeling that I have experienced is the longing of one’s to cross the distance, the longing to pass through the border of logic, the longing to float and suspend freely in the infinite world of the Unconscious, the wish to fly, and the desire to free oneself off all the shackles and chains of the Conscious. A flight, a freedom though of an absurd bubble-like nature. When the light of the Conscious part is turned off, it may convey the concept of liberation, getting rid of the Conscious and staying in the well-lit part: the floating world of The Unconscious. Kind of conveying the concept of Death maybe, a concept which Sadegh Hedayat held dear all his life, or maybe conveying Hedayat’s biggest wish, experiencing liberation and infinity. The concept of smashing the border of logic and outer reality can be considered as the core of all 4 parts. Whether it is the border between the two worlds of Conscious and Unconscious, or the lines and obstacles which are made by time or place, they create a deep sense of suffocation. The suffocation can be brutally caused by time or any other seemingly logical borders, the vastness, infinity, and timelessness which was beautifully shown as the Sea and was profoundly moving.

Jazz music was really a brilliant choice. The magical improvisations, created in the best possible way a borderless, complicated space of ever-changing colors and touches the body and soul of audiences by spelling them with a variety of contrasting senses such as escape, confusion, insanity, struggle, desperation, absurdity, heaviness, fear, longing, and liberation. These can be seen in Hedayat’s writings as well.

In parts 2 and 4, masks and mask-cherishing nature of Man are displayed. The confusion and chaotic feelings are shown by the picture hanging on the wall and transferred by the power of jazz and the use of red lipstick. Maybe it would be better if more cosmetics were used or even using different masks of different shapes and colors would be more touching as I think the core idea “the masks” was kind of blurred and needs to be “colored” somehow, though it is my personal view as an audience.

In some parts, the actress’s voice could not be heard easily as the music was a bit loud and her voice a bit low. After all, I should say that this is a very insightful series and is highly recommended to be experienced.”

by Atousa Azadmehr

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