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As well you should, brettnik.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 15, 2006 at 5:19 PM
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Well, I suppose "Body Worlds" isn't for everyone, babe rocks.
P.S. Uff Da?
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 15, 2006 at 5:18 PM
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I wanna see it!!!!
posted by
brettnik
on March 15, 2006 at 2:48 PM
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Yuck. Uff da. No thanks.
posted by
babe_rocks
on March 15, 2006 at 2:07 PM
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And, I was so hoping to go 4-for-4, too.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 15, 2006 at 1:20 PM
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Interesting photos.
posted by
A-and-B
on March 15, 2006 at 1:04 PM
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Yes, Azur, the "chest of drawers" was represented ...
as was, what my best friend termed, the "coat rack". There are also even ones who are separated into thin "deli-style" slices.
I actually have many more photos. I just wanted to give people the jist.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 15, 2006 at 1:00 PM
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Been there, done that....
I saw this exhibition when it launched in Berlin a few years ago. None of the people who were there with me for work would attend. Perhaps the old man who got an attack of the wobbles was a smoker and had just seen the body which showed the impact of smoking. I recall that some bodies had sections which were cut like a chest of drawers. Is that still the case?
posted by
Azur
on March 15, 2006 at 12:49 PM
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... sort of.
Oh and, also, thank you for the link. I never heard of that before.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 15, 2006 at 12:42 PM
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She's a professional gold digger.
... I mean,
photographer.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 15, 2006 at 12:40 PM
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oh this has got to be for you...
http://www.pestival.org/
posted by
FactorFiction
on March 15, 2006 at 12:01 PM
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so, what does your mother do as a living??
just curious with all of your "interests."
posted by
FactorFiction
on March 15, 2006 at 11:26 AM
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Ironically enough ...
this might have been the
only reason I ever would have even entertained the idea of going into medicine ...
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 15, 2006 at 11:20 AM
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Eeeeeyuk.
There is a definite reason I never even entertained the idea of going into medicine...
posted by
FactorFiction
on March 15, 2006 at 11:07 AM
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It truly is an incredible experience, TAPS ...
and, one that goes way beyond any initial shock value.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 15, 2006 at 10:34 AM
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Well, that just about says it all, anyway, cling.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 15, 2006 at 10:32 AM
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And, thus, Gulliver, you see the inspiration...
for the "cafeteria" question. It was actually the first thing my boyfriend asked me, when I got home.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 15, 2006 at 10:32 AM
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Yikes...I can't think of anything else to say...
posted by
cling
on March 15, 2006 at 10:27 AM
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M.P.O.
How very interesting. I think that I will buy tickets and take Bill for a surprise. I would just bet that he has never seen anything like that. LOL
posted by
TAPS.
on March 15, 2006 at 10:17 AM
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MPO: Thanks...I was just about to go have lunch.
I just posted something on Aliduke's Tower, read Aaron's tirade against Eminim and thought, "Why don't I hop on over to my friend MPO and see what she has to say about life before I go to lunch."
Suddenly, the prospect of food isn't very appetizing right now.
LOL...you are a nut! Now what am I going to do?!?
posted by
Captain_Gulliver
on March 15, 2006 at 10:06 AM
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Thanks, dude!
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 15, 2006 at 9:18 AM
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Wow. Cool!
posted by
strat
on March 15, 2006 at 8:57 AM
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Also, I assumed this was obvious, but (just in case):
all photos are thumbnails, thus clicking on them provides a better view.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 15, 2006 at 8:10 AM
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Tanree, I don't necessarily view it as "art", either ...
(both my mother and best friend do, however).
I see Body Worlds as educational and instructive. For instance, the side effects of smoking are far more vividly illustrated in plastinates, than they ever could be with mere words, charts, etc.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 15, 2006 at 8:05 AM
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Actually, Gubby, I have not signed up ...
as of yet.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 15, 2006 at 8:01 AM
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Ummm . . . wow . . .
I guess, call me squemish . . . but it grosses me out a bit. I guess I can understand a morbid fascination, but I have difficulty seeing this as art.
posted by
Tanree
on March 15, 2006 at 7:44 AM
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well, I hope
you're not planning to keep your body for yourself.
posted by
Gubby
on March 15, 2006 at 7:06 AM
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If you haven't already, Nanaroo (as well as, for anyone else interested):
http://www.bodyworlds.com/
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 15, 2006 at 7:03 AM
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M.P.O.
I've heard about this exhibit and would really like to see it... I'll look up the site- thanks!
posted by
Nanaroo
on March 15, 2006 at 6:52 AM
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You're welcome, steeler_fan.
I
do try to be as "enlightening" as possible.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 15, 2006 at 6:50 AM
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Very interesting.
Not sure if I would go or volunteer. I never knew anything like this existed, so thank you. YOU opened my eyes to something new. Also I wanted to stop by and say thanks for stopping by my sites and getting so many answers right. Could be good for me that you are snowed in today...lol
Have a great one.
posted by
steeler_fan
on March 15, 2006 at 6:47 AM
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I assume you mean "seem to be teaching a lot", Lucifero ...
and, yes, they certainly do.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 15, 2006 at 6:27 AM
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To tell you I just received a kind bitterness in my mouth, but nothing
to make jump away from the chair. Cadavers like that seem to be traching a lot just by looking at them.
Thanks again for you nice comment on my last blog.
posted by
Luxbring
on March 15, 2006 at 5:52 AM
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It could be the last snow before spring. :)
Have a nice day.
(A)
posted by
A-and-B
on March 15, 2006 at 5:42 AM
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So happy to help.
Fortunately, it's
snowing here, so I have gained an unanticipated day off.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 15, 2006 at 5:36 AM
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You really should conjure up the nerve, Ann ...
because 99% of the people who
do, are glad they did ... and come away with a whole new impression of the exhibition, and a whole new appreciation of the human body.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 15, 2006 at 5:35 AM
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Here's the prize for the Blogger. Congrats and thanks for helping the blogs to move along to newer posts.
(A)
posted by
A-and-B
on March 15, 2006 at 5:32 AM
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I've seen many photos of the exhibit but was too chicken to attend the actual exhibition.
Here are 6 for the 2 prizes. I see a 3rd. I'll be back.
(A)
posted by
A-and-B
on March 15, 2006 at 5:26 AM
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And, to actually be a part of it, Symphony ...
would truly be a once in a lifetime opportunity.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 15, 2006 at 5:07 AM
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Fortunately, Krisles, the various exhibits are constantly travelling ...
surely, the show (in some capacity) will reach a town near you, sooner or later.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 15, 2006 at 5:05 AM
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I agree, Prof.,
"Body Worlds" is not some sort of commercial exercise in ghoulishness. The educational and scientific benefits of being able to peer inside actual specimens (as opposed to artificial ones) are numerous. Plus, the bodies themselves are always treated with the utmost dignity.
At it's core, "Body Worlds" is a celebration of the fragile beauty of the human form, as opposed to a desecration of it.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 15, 2006 at 5:01 AM
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never in my life have I seen anything like that...hahaha
posted by
_Symphony_
on March 15, 2006 at 12:23 AM
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Madame
I would love to see this! I think this has got to be the most fascinating exhibit ever! I read all about it the first time you posted about it and was so grateful to you for telling us about it. I don't see how anyone could be squeamish about these things....they're just bodies! I think B&N had a big book of photos of this exhibit I flipped through once..... I hope I get to see it for myself someday. You are so lucky!
posted by
Krisles
on March 14, 2006 at 11:50 PM
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Poor Souls.
Dear MPO.. Well I understand a lot of people really donate their body to science and that is a gesture of
"FREE WILL" and does not count the value of anything connected to the 'Other Side'
regards.. 
Prof.
posted by
PROF-SUMAKEL33
on March 14, 2006 at 10:52 PM
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Now that I understand the comment:
Actually, the cadavers don't smell
at all. And, I would know, as I've seen (and
sniffed) them in person,
at least, ten times. Their odorlessness is one of the many wonders of the plastination process.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 14, 2006 at 10:31 PM
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Okaaaay.
Thanks for the "compliment" ...
I think.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on March 14, 2006 at 10:00 PM
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I remember first seeing this website and detecting an eerie
sense of a smell of something I can't quite put my finger on, but it wasn't pleasant. Interesting work nonetheless.
posted by
mysteria
on March 14, 2006 at 9:44 PM
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