Tell me about this thing called 'punctum'

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Quick -- while Marcello's out of the room, could you tell me what the deuce he means by 'punctum'. Give examples if possible. Thanx.

― Enrique (Enrique), Thursday, 15 January 2004 13:58 (twenty-two years ago)

http://people.brandeis.edu/~teuber/barthes.jpg

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Thursday, 15 January 2004 14:01 (twenty-two years ago)

HAHA good, g/f has a copy of that. But how does a book on photography relate to Kylie singing 'there's a dark/se-cret in me...'?

― Enrique (Enrique), Thursday, 15 January 2004 14:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Punctum vs Studium. First is emotional, the second rational. You can have punctum with everything: Not only photographs, but also for example Kylie's singing. Ah fewk, read the book - it's classique - and you'll understand.

― nathalie (nathalie), Thursday, 15 January 2004 14:15 (twenty-two years ago)

(Jerry, are you back?)

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 15 January 2004 14:19 (twenty-two years ago)

What about Punktum?

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 15 January 2004 14:20 (twenty-two years ago)

the first thing that comes up when you put punctum into google image search:

I think they're rather lovely. Don't you?

― MarkH (MarkH), Thursday, 15 January 2004 14:21 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.lwatrous.com/missouri_mollusks/landsnails/images/punctum.jpg

― MarkH (MarkH), Thursday, 15 January 2004 14:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Little bits of unexplained and unexplainable emotional resonance in or from or through art / daily life, whatever. The bits that make you go 'ooh'.

― Llahtuos Kcin (Nick Southall), Thursday, 15 January 2004 14:26 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah but those are only good cos you choose NOT to explain them to yrself, hopefully that's included

― Silly Sailor (Andrew Thames), Thursday, 15 January 2004 14:27 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm going to Pun Kum tonight, if that helps.

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 15 January 2004 14:55 (twenty-two years ago)

ALL IS CLEAR!

― Silly Sailor (Andrew Thames), Thursday, 15 January 2004 15:03 (twenty-two years ago)

they wanted to make fun of the star on national TV, so MTV punctum.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Thursday, 15 January 2004 15:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Pun Kum is nice. But I still want to know why there is a shower in the blokes toilets.

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 15 January 2004 15:13 (twenty-two years ago)

punctum = "ambushed by unexpected emotion"

― Andrew L (Andrew L), Thursday, 15 January 2004 21:44 (twenty-two years ago)

I like it when i rubbed right there along the punctum.

Oooooh, yeah.

― donut bitch (donut), Thursday, 15 January 2004 21:52 (twenty-two years ago)

'punctum' has always sounded dirrrty.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 15 January 2004 21:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Andrew L OTM in marvellous fashion!

― Llahtuos Kcin (Nick Southall), Thursday, 15 January 2004 22:26 (twenty-two years ago)

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