Body Worlds 2
It’s official. We’re going to see Body Worlds 2 in Montréal next week. I’m so excited that I’m going to use two exclamation points!! And I might actually be smiling. I plan on staying there all day gawking and capturing the bodies with pencil and camera. I will definitely submit a full report when I return. Everyone should… nay, everyone must see this exhibit. It’s showing May 10–September 16 at the Montréal Science Centre.
Finally, I get to see the real thing. I tried to see it in Boston over the winter, but plans fell apart. Two years ago, I saw a knockoff exhibit in San Francisco called The Universe Within (the name sounds like a new age journey of self-discovery or the place you go after scoring an illegal substance in a park). I didn’t realize it wasn’t sanctioned by Dr. von Hagens—that would explain why the exhibit was leaking.
Regardless, I was… was… speechless and still am. When we walked into the exhibit we all stopped talking and our mouths dropped. The displays were amazing: intact circulatory system, intact nervous system, the brain of a stroke victim that looked like it had a scab on it, the full bodies in various positions, and so much more that I can’t put into words. We didn’t speak to each other the entire time. When we finally left, three hours later, we went across the street to Grace Cathedral for some reason.
Speaking of bodies, I just got word that Dita von Tesse (a.k.a. the girl of my dreams, who’s single now and should call me) is coming out of retirement to perform at the Museum of Sex (MoSex, ha) in NYC on May 16th. Damn, it sucks that I have all this time but no money.
I don’t know if I’ll post a journal page tonight. Maybe later or tomorrow. I think I’ve been posting way too much on here lately. I’ll give everyone a chance to catch up.