Today I went to see Bodies: The Exhibition. For those of you that don't know what this is.... it's an exhibit that displays human bodies preserved in a process called plastination. The process not only preserves the bodies, but hardens them, giving them a plastic-like appearance. Basically you can look at the human body in several different views. One of the most striking were these two forms, each joined by the hands, pulling against eachother, one made of muscle and tendons, the other a clean skeleton. Then you learn these two halves actually are one man, his skeletal form and his muscular form. Am I explaining coherently? This is REALLY something you have to SEE to completely understand and appreciate. You can see the nervous system, spinal cord, laid out on a table, the entire arterial system encased in glass, lungs, the heart, the asshole, tying all the sytems together. It was fascinating and educating. I cannot believe what complex machines our bodies are. You MUST see this exhibit when in NYC. It's at the South Sea Port. GO!
p.s. go with the audio tour!!
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