went to see Body Works 2 - don’t know if it’s been to NY or not but it’s this display of 200 human bodies & parts that have been preserved in plastic and opened up so you can see isolated systems. it’s pretty gnarly and amazing and upsetting sometimes. was totally loving the experience and talking about health and medicine with people in the crowd when all of a sudden - overwhelmed - just had to leave. this flash came to me from one of the women (bodies) "i didn’t want to do this. not this. this wasn’t by my choice." And then it came, wave waves thoughts overwhelming, that i needed to know how did these people come about? how were they selected? how do we know it’s by choice?  it’s just a body - the flesh and the bones and the sinew. but the feelings were too strong. i don’t, i can’t recommend the exhibit. and yet, yes it’s amazing and worth seeking & knowing what the ins of us are. this is such a great opportunity most of us never get to see what we really look like so that’s great and yes we should want to know but i couldn’t stand it. we had to go.

One Response to “Body Works”

1. Kevin Says:
   March 30th, 2005 at 1:03 am

   Yeah, it really was overwhelming… for those of you wondering who’s crazy enough to tag along with Rebecca, I am, and my brother. It got to be too much around the point when they let you touch some of the organs and hold them in your hands… wow

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