This image was taken in Cinque Terre, Italy from the balcony of the small apartment I stayed in. The punctum for me is the small orange buoys floating in the water. They draw your attention to the water in the small inlet and raise questions as to their purpose. Do they serve a safety purpose for swimmers? Are they used for fishing?
This image by Dorothea Lange presents a more personal punctum. The wrinkled and sun-dried knuckles of the cotton picker "prick" me in the sense that they remind me of my grandfather's hands.
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