tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post5011875198327612710..comments2024-01-06T05:34:00.027-06:00Comments on Blog Meridian: In which the Meridian is punctured by punctumJohn B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-70203366128737486632007-09-13T23:12:00.000-05:002007-09-13T23:12:00.000-05:00A photograph is an abstraction of life, a frozen m...A photograph is an abstraction of life, a frozen moment where the perspective can vary. Photographs are the ultimate lie since they are such a convincing bluff.<BR/><BR/>Once, I was in a ladies room at some rock n roll concert. I don't remember who. I do remember all the girls primping in the mirror and the fear of live flame (smoking) and aerosol products (hair spray)...<BR/><BR/>Anyway... as I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-71809066916298358052007-09-11T07:25:00.000-05:002007-09-11T07:25:00.000-05:00Also: perhaps Walter Benjamin's fear of the photog...Also: perhaps Walter Benjamin's fear of the photograph as infinitely-reproducible (See his "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction") fits in here in some way as well.John B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-41411749239539408542007-09-11T07:01:00.000-05:002007-09-11T07:01:00.000-05:00Thanks for all of your comments. I don't have muc...Thanks for all of your comments. I don't have much time this morning to do anything other than thank you, but I will say to Conrad that I have a couple of self-portraits of the kind you describe, and they weird me out. I don't think either Aphrodite or Barthes had such images in mind . . .John B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-55661666155582506902007-09-10T09:25:00.000-05:002007-09-10T09:25:00.000-05:00How hilarious. I've inspired a post on HAIR. No,...How hilarious. I've inspired a post on HAIR. No, really, I know it's much more...but the whole hair thing gave me a much needed monday morning laugh! I'll look forward to reading the 'more' later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-61625608222189609272007-09-10T07:09:00.000-05:002007-09-10T07:09:00.000-05:00The images I see in the mirror are at least tolera...The images I see in the mirror are at least tolerable -- they do not make me throw up too often. But photos -- I have never seen one that looked like the guy in the mirror. Every aspect of my appearance in photos seems exaggerated toward the negative end of the scale.<BR/><BR/>A similar phenomenon occurs with recorded voice. I don't recognize it as being my own.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-20636586283523996742007-09-10T06:41:00.000-05:002007-09-10T06:41:00.000-05:00Once in a blue moon, I'll see a picture of me I li...Once in a blue moon, I'll see a picture of me I like. BTW, I could say the same thing except the hair is grayer in photos than in the morning. Call it, "The Delusions of Age."<BR/><BR/>Cheers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-8463190367327314302007-09-10T06:33:00.000-05:002007-09-10T06:33:00.000-05:00How about pictures of you in a mirror?How about pictures of you in a mirror?Conrad H. Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01916542057749474124noreply@blogger.com