body language
Before I start telling you how AWESOME the body worlds exhibit is at the Franklin Institute, let me guide you towards a link Ethan sent to me. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/17/AR2005111701304.html Its a fantastic editorial on evolution, Dover, and Kansas and it basically sums up everything I feel about being a christian and a scientist and consents to both the supreme holiness of God and that lil theory called "evolution". I was glad he passed it on to me because I am normally really bad at expressing my views. This is perfect. So if you are at all interested in how I can believe in God and still teach evolution and agree that there is NO room for creationism or intelligent design in the classroom.... please click. :)
AAAAaaaannnnd on to the main show....
the BODY WORLDS exhibit at the Franklin Institute is just freakin awesome. If you are in the philly area and have the chance to check ito ut, its worth the investment of your time and money. In case you have not heard about the exhibit, Body Worlds gives you a peek into whats under your skin. There are over a dozen real bodies that people have donated over the years and the creator has stripped of our largest organ, the skin. At the exhibit you can see all of the major body systems: muscular, skeletal, circulatory, locomotive, and nervous. And it was sooooooo cool!!!!!!
My family went for my dads 60th birthday, which is on tuesday. Though the exhibit was crowded, the pace was decent. If you go, I suggest the earliest show, at 9:30, and investing in an electronic tour guide. I think probably my mom and I got the most out of it because she was listening to the headphones explain things in greater detail and I have enough medical and biological background to understand exactly what I was looking at. So yeah, if you go, get one, or take me with you. :)
The exhibit had bodies in all sorts of different ways. The first half of the exhibit showed mostly men. There was a really ripped basketball player and he demonstrated the muscular system. There was another man simply holding all of his skin... one of the more artistic pieces. And that brings me to the point that although this seems gruesome... it was absolutely beautiful. Most of the bodies were shockingly artistic, fileted and spliced to show the inside, but posed in a way that made it very asthetically pleasing. It was not at all like going to see autopsies, and there was no smell. The lighting was done well, and the walls hung with large draperies with philosophical quotes printed on them. It was really neat.
The second half of the exhibit had more women. One of the neatest things was the room with the babies. I know it sounds gross, and a lot of people didnt want to go in, but it showed babies in various stages of developement. The centerpiece of the room was a young woman, probably a few years older than me, with a baby still inside her. They said that she knew she was going to die and that the baby could not be saved, so she donated to the exhibit. Um, how COOL is that? She was laying in sort of a playboy model type of pose with her abdomen and part of the placenta cut away to show the baby (probably about 6 or 7 months) curled up inside her. The amazing part of this was that although its disturbing to look at dead babies, it filled me with awe that a female can do that. After walking through the room, my brother came out saying geez, im so glad im not a girl. And I was like, wow, im so happy that I AM. To be able to have a child.... its just amazing.
Overall, the exhibit gives you a deeper appreciation for your own body and for its amazing conception and creation. In the article in the link above, the author explains how scientists like Einstein saw how perfect and simple yet utterly complex the universe is and design, and therefore MUST be divine. I saw the same thing in us yesterday. It was really neat, and im so glad that I got to go.
If you are wondering about how the heck they did it, check out the franklin institutes web site, they tell you alllll about it. And please, if you go, I would love to hear your opinion. I thought it was awesome.... oh, and I almost forgot to tell you the best part. For several of the exhibits, they pumped plastic into the circulatory system, and chemically dissolved the body, leaving the amazing viens and arteries in place. It was sooooo freakin cool. Me and Chris liked that the best. So yeah, go see it, I learned a lot yesterday. Also, go see the IMAX movie about the body worlds, it was extremely informative and interesting. AAAAAaaaaaand they pop a zit in gigantic imax glory. check it out.
AAAAaaaannnnd on to the main show....
the BODY WORLDS exhibit at the Franklin Institute is just freakin awesome. If you are in the philly area and have the chance to check ito ut, its worth the investment of your time and money. In case you have not heard about the exhibit, Body Worlds gives you a peek into whats under your skin. There are over a dozen real bodies that people have donated over the years and the creator has stripped of our largest organ, the skin. At the exhibit you can see all of the major body systems: muscular, skeletal, circulatory, locomotive, and nervous. And it was sooooooo cool!!!!!!
My family went for my dads 60th birthday, which is on tuesday. Though the exhibit was crowded, the pace was decent. If you go, I suggest the earliest show, at 9:30, and investing in an electronic tour guide. I think probably my mom and I got the most out of it because she was listening to the headphones explain things in greater detail and I have enough medical and biological background to understand exactly what I was looking at. So yeah, if you go, get one, or take me with you. :)
The exhibit had bodies in all sorts of different ways. The first half of the exhibit showed mostly men. There was a really ripped basketball player and he demonstrated the muscular system. There was another man simply holding all of his skin... one of the more artistic pieces. And that brings me to the point that although this seems gruesome... it was absolutely beautiful. Most of the bodies were shockingly artistic, fileted and spliced to show the inside, but posed in a way that made it very asthetically pleasing. It was not at all like going to see autopsies, and there was no smell. The lighting was done well, and the walls hung with large draperies with philosophical quotes printed on them. It was really neat.
The second half of the exhibit had more women. One of the neatest things was the room with the babies. I know it sounds gross, and a lot of people didnt want to go in, but it showed babies in various stages of developement. The centerpiece of the room was a young woman, probably a few years older than me, with a baby still inside her. They said that she knew she was going to die and that the baby could not be saved, so she donated to the exhibit. Um, how COOL is that? She was laying in sort of a playboy model type of pose with her abdomen and part of the placenta cut away to show the baby (probably about 6 or 7 months) curled up inside her. The amazing part of this was that although its disturbing to look at dead babies, it filled me with awe that a female can do that. After walking through the room, my brother came out saying geez, im so glad im not a girl. And I was like, wow, im so happy that I AM. To be able to have a child.... its just amazing.
Overall, the exhibit gives you a deeper appreciation for your own body and for its amazing conception and creation. In the article in the link above, the author explains how scientists like Einstein saw how perfect and simple yet utterly complex the universe is and design, and therefore MUST be divine. I saw the same thing in us yesterday. It was really neat, and im so glad that I got to go.
If you are wondering about how the heck they did it, check out the franklin institutes web site, they tell you alllll about it. And please, if you go, I would love to hear your opinion. I thought it was awesome.... oh, and I almost forgot to tell you the best part. For several of the exhibits, they pumped plastic into the circulatory system, and chemically dissolved the body, leaving the amazing viens and arteries in place. It was sooooo freakin cool. Me and Chris liked that the best. So yeah, go see it, I learned a lot yesterday. Also, go see the IMAX movie about the body worlds, it was extremely informative and interesting. AAAAAaaaaaand they pop a zit in gigantic imax glory. check it out.
posted by FireWithin at 12:35 PM
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WOW! I wanna go now. So cool!
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