I Can’t, I Continue 6

size : 9 * 12.25 cm

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Artist: Fatemeh Mostafazadeh

The series I Can’t, I Continue marks the eleventh chapter of an ongoing narrative titled The Walking Story.

This collection consists of seven postcards.

I grew up in a place where beauty and ornamentation—considered feminine traits—were often seen as tricks or performances.

The bodies I paint are born out of this very tension:
bodies that are neither obedient nor objectified, but instead come alive from within the heart of contradiction.

Each time I create an image that feels right, it’s as if I’m standing before a new mirror—
one that reflects back the most beautiful version of myself.

Oil pastels are my favorite medium because they open a playful, childlike space—
a space where colors can move freely.

I imagine the women I paint, with all their colors and lines, as having no chance of being reduced to objects.
I work to see what remains when all the performances fade away.

Only the body, the color, and the silence.

Number

17,00

description

Ravandeh, like a river that even in the valley’s descent encounters stones yet finds its way. I always find myself humming this verse by Houshang Ebtehaj:
“Like the river that, in the slope of the valley, dashes against stones / Be a passer-by; hope works no miracle from the dead; be alive.”

Ravandeh is a place for postcards—images yearning to take form; they can be photographs, paintings, sketches, prints, or embroideries. Each one is a fragment of someone’s journey, now captured on a postcard.

Ravandeh began with the Kouhestan (Mountain) series—a space where life and resilience flow through every moment. I hope Ravandeh can convey that sensation of being alive in the moment—a kind of raw, authentic life, even within this digital world.

I’m Faëzeh Darvish, and Ravandeh grew from my passion for seeing and preserving moments. Each postcard is a gentle invitation to pause, for those who, like me, find heart in simple, genuine details.

Ravandeh is not just a postcard shop—it’s a brief respite within the rush, a way to express what can be held within the frame of an image.

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