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I sort of want to start a goth band, simply because "Von Hagens and the Plastinates" would be an awesome name.
Seriously, for the past few weeks Phil (our lovely and very chatty local bus driver) has been talking non stop about going to see Von Hagens and the Plastinates. For those of you that haven't heard of them or the traveling exhibit Body Worlds (not to be confused with the long defunct Disney World attraction) Von Hagens is this German anatomist that figured out a way of essentially making human tissue into plastic. He's been touring with a science/art exhibit that features plastinated cadavers in poses and states of so that you can see muscle and organ structure and stuff. On the side he also does live autopsies while wearing a black fedora. Seriously, go look up Gunther Von Hagens on google image search. I tell ya, the things Germans do for fun.
Seriously though, Body Worlds is in its last two weeks at the Boston Museum of Science, and would i had transportation, I'd totally go, especially since I missed it in NY over the summer. Especially since Phil actually got to go last week and it seemed to be everything he hoped it would be. (that and I want one of the "Hearts are made to be broken" shirts they're allegedly selling - how goth!) It does have me thinking, though, about the sacred, taboos, and the lines people set up around such concepts. There are some - well okay a lot - that are vehemently against this exhibit and what Van Hagens is trying to do, which in a lot of ways is completely understandable considering the the way that humanity as a whole tends to view and treat death. Especially those of us with any sort of religion. Honestly the idea of cadavers on parade makes me a bit squicky as well, but since I also find anatomy rather fascinating I want to see it anyway.
( But yeah, this led to a general think on science vs spirituality... )
But I think I was originally talking about plastinated corpses... *gets off soapbox that seems to have magically appeared under feet* Anyone heading out Boston way from here between now and the 7th?
BTW, since I've been sort of erratic in posting... A joyous Yule and Christmas to everyone reading this. We've survived the dark, let's welcome back the light. :)
Seriously, for the past few weeks Phil (our lovely and very chatty local bus driver) has been talking non stop about going to see Von Hagens and the Plastinates. For those of you that haven't heard of them or the traveling exhibit Body Worlds (not to be confused with the long defunct Disney World attraction) Von Hagens is this German anatomist that figured out a way of essentially making human tissue into plastic. He's been touring with a science/art exhibit that features plastinated cadavers in poses and states of so that you can see muscle and organ structure and stuff. On the side he also does live autopsies while wearing a black fedora. Seriously, go look up Gunther Von Hagens on google image search. I tell ya, the things Germans do for fun.
Seriously though, Body Worlds is in its last two weeks at the Boston Museum of Science, and would i had transportation, I'd totally go, especially since I missed it in NY over the summer. Especially since Phil actually got to go last week and it seemed to be everything he hoped it would be. (that and I want one of the "Hearts are made to be broken" shirts they're allegedly selling - how goth!) It does have me thinking, though, about the sacred, taboos, and the lines people set up around such concepts. There are some - well okay a lot - that are vehemently against this exhibit and what Van Hagens is trying to do, which in a lot of ways is completely understandable considering the the way that humanity as a whole tends to view and treat death. Especially those of us with any sort of religion. Honestly the idea of cadavers on parade makes me a bit squicky as well, but since I also find anatomy rather fascinating I want to see it anyway.
( But yeah, this led to a general think on science vs spirituality... )
But I think I was originally talking about plastinated corpses... *gets off soapbox that seems to have magically appeared under feet* Anyone heading out Boston way from here between now and the 7th?
BTW, since I've been sort of erratic in posting... A joyous Yule and Christmas to everyone reading this. We've survived the dark, let's welcome back the light. :)
