KAMRAN KHAVARANI, US SUPERFIIAL PERSIANS

HERE’S THE ISSUE WITH ALL IRANIANS; OUR SUPERFICIALITY FROM WICH WE DON’T SEEM TO BE ABLE TO ESCAPE. THIS AMAZING COAT OF SUPERFICIALITY IS WHAT DISTINGUISHES A PERSIAN WOMAN WALKING A MILE AWAY IN THE STREET AND YET YOU CAN RECOGNIZE HER IDENTITY. I SUPPOSE THE SAME IS TRUE FOR A PERSIAN MAN. SHE, “OR HE” MOST CERTAINLY CLAIMS SHE “OR HE” DOESN’T LIKE THIS AND THAT PERSIAN THINGS IN THEIR CULTURE AND YET THE WAY WE TRY TO WARE OUR MORE WESTERNIZED MODERN OUTFIT, IT JUST CRIES AT OUR BODDY ACHING FOR THAT OLD PHONY SKIN DEEP GARMENT WHICH SEAM TO SUIT US SO WELL. WE WAIT AND WAIT UNTIL SOMEONE ELSE OPENS THE DOOR FOR US AND A MINUTE LATER WE’RE CONSUMED IN HOW MANY GOLD COINS WE’RE WORTH BEFORE SIGNING A MARRIAGE AGREEMENT! WE’RE SO THIRSTY FOR RECOGNITION THAT WE’VE BORED THE WORLD TO DEATH WITH OUR “CYRUS THE GREAT” CULTURAL BACKGROUND AND YET WE SCREAM MUHAMMAD AND ALLAH LAUDER THAN SOME BARBARIAN ARAB EVER WOULD BY THE GOLDEN AND DIAMOND NAMES OF ISLAMIC GODS AND PROFITS WE HANG AT OUR NECK. WE’RE PROBABLY THE ONLY NATION IN THE WORLD WITH THE BIG SIGNS IN OUR STREETS SAYING “ART IS ONLY IN THE HANDS OF IRANIANS” AND AS IF THAT WESEN’T STUPID ENOUGH, ALL OUR SHOW-OFF STATEMENTS EVOLVES AROUND FRENCH 18 CENTURY ART AND WHEN WE REALLY REALLY FEEL AT OUR MOST MODERN STATE, WE’RE MORE GYPSY THIS AND THAT THEN THE POOR REAL GYPSIES! I HAVE TO SAY, I’M PROBABLY ONLY DESCRIBING MYSELF HERE AND NO ONE ELSE HOWEVER I HAVE NEVER SHARED THS NEED TO PROMOTE IRANIAN PEOPLE JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE IRANIANS. I DO KNOW A THING OR TWO ABOUT PAINTING AND WITH MY LITTLE KNOWLEDGE OF OIL PAINTING I DO KNOW THAT A “MAKTAB” OR A “SCHOOL OR “”STYLE”” OF PAINTING” ISN’T SOMETHING THAT ONE CAN JUST GO TO LABOUR AND DELIVER IN 9 MONTHS. REALISM ALONE TOOK ABOUT 15000 YEARS TO REACH ITS PRESENT STATE AND STILL PERFECTING. I FIND IT TO BE INCREDIBLE THAT AMONG A NATION WHERE WE PAY MORE THAN ANY OTHER POEPLE IN THE WORLD FOR OUR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNENLIGHTEMENT AND CULTURAL ENTANGLEMENTS WE YET SEEM TO GIVE MORE BIRTH TO MORE STYLES OF ART THAN HUMANITY ALONE EVER HAS IN A THOUSAND YEARS! FUNNIER THAN THAT, THIS CHARACTER KHAVARANI CLAIMS HIMSELF THAT SOME OTHER OLD MAN MADE HIM AWARE OF THIS PREGNANCY AND DELIVERANCE OF THIS NEWLY BORN BABY “ ABSTRACT ROMANTICISM”. I SUPPOSE WE CAN ALSO BE THE FIRST FOR BEING PREGNANT, DELIVERING A BABY AND NOT EVEN KNOW IT UNTIL SOMEONE ELSE TELLS US ABOUT IT!
NO WONDER WE’RE WHERE WE ARE AT TODAY. THE CARAVAN OF THE DAWN HAS LONG BEEN GONE AND WE...... A PEOPLE LONG ASLEEP AND SUNKEN DEEP IN THE MURKINESS OF OUR OWN CLUELESSNESS.