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Yesterday, I checked out Body Worlds with Lt. Dan. Having missed it in LA, I thought it a good second chance to see it while it was at the Museum of Science & Industry.
The entire exhibit is based on the concept of plastination, allowing viewers to see the various layer of the human body intact. Quite interesting, as photographs aren’t quite the same as coming face-to-face with your internal organs. I’m not sure how anyone could smoke after seeing the whole thing, as several of the bodies had literal black lungs. Several photos also showed various diseases and the like, such as tumors eating away at the lung or the brain, before & after images of a brain with alzheimer’s.
After the first room, I found myself ready to leave. The whole thing does get a bit overwhelming as there’s only so many corpses you really need to see a day. Most of the exhibits were non-creepy, though there were a few that had a Red Dragon feel to them. You could sorta imagine that guy standing behind you, asking “Do you see?” Likewise, anything with the remains of children was more sad than educational.
The day ended with dinner around the old stomping grounds of Roscoe Village on the north side of Chicago. We grabbed dinner at the Beat Kitchen, followed by some bowling at Diversy Rock ‘n’ Bowl.
No better way to recover from dead people than bowling.
