Today I just stared at dead bodies...
Today I went on an extravaganza to Body Worlds with my family. It was really quite amazing. Ha, it did smell like dissection in Bio class around where some of the organs were displayed. :P They had separate sections for each sort of section of the body. My favorites were the ones showing the heart and lungs, the arteries of the hand still suspended in the shape of the hand (amazing!), and the skeletons. It was only really creepy, I guess, when you stared right into the face of the whole cadavers. They still had the original eyes in them. They did, though, have some clever ways of displaying the bodies! Like they showed one body as if it was exploded outwards, so you could see all the layers. Then another had rings of skin still left on it with the rest of it was just muscle and bone. It was really interesting to see all the metallic implants that doctors put in during some repairative surgeries. It looks so wrong, that silver against the smooth flesh. And all the defects like smoker's lungs and kidney cysts and heart atrophy were fascinating to see right there before you. And I must say that the way that the human heart and lungs rest right there on the diaphragm is one of the most wonderful things ever. That and the bones of the hand...and the skeleton in general. Ughglfkgfjgh it fascinates me so much!
Apart from that? It rained for most of the day, leaving the late afternoon with the most amazing clouds. Like...almost worthy of being counted among some of the amazing cloud formations I saw in the UK. And while we were driving home I looked up from reading Jane Eyre to just stare at it. Speaking of which, the book's picking up somewhat. I'm actually enjoying this part, when Mr Rochester comes. Anyways, I must finish it tomorrow.
Tommy has been ringing in my ears all day. It's absolutely fascinating. It's a piece of art that gets you thinking about something, with no real intended purpose. Brilliant! I love hearing Pete's point about never fully realizing a piece's potential when you're writing it, but seeing it fully come out later. Art is certainly that way, and that's part of what I love about it. Everybody sees a different thing.
Katrina
Apart from that? It rained for most of the day, leaving the late afternoon with the most amazing clouds. Like...almost worthy of being counted among some of the amazing cloud formations I saw in the UK. And while we were driving home I looked up from reading Jane Eyre to just stare at it. Speaking of which, the book's picking up somewhat. I'm actually enjoying this part, when Mr Rochester comes. Anyways, I must finish it tomorrow.
Tommy has been ringing in my ears all day. It's absolutely fascinating. It's a piece of art that gets you thinking about something, with no real intended purpose. Brilliant! I love hearing Pete's point about never fully realizing a piece's potential when you're writing it, but seeing it fully come out later. Art is certainly that way, and that's part of what I love about it. Everybody sees a different thing.
Katrina