The Body Worlds exhibit in Times Square was pretty interesting. W wasn't thrilled with it, saying it was just a bit too graphic and disturbing. I don't know how I feel about it. I definitely learned a lot. It is science as well as art as well as a moral lesson of sorts. We saw damaged lungs, stages of pregnancy, and cross-sections of all organs. Bodies are skinned and plasticined and arranged in various and creative positions that display their insides. It felt somewhat voyeuristic and wrong. I had been looking forward to this for a long time, but I'm kind of left with a weird feeling now that we went. Any thoughts? Here's a pic from the inside (pun intended):
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| W and one of the Body World exhibits |
We finished the afternoon with a walk around Times Square and a visit to the big Toys R Us. It's a ritual for us to venture inside every time we go to Times Square. Afterwards, we walked around looking for a place to sit and have lunch, but then we decided that the halal chicken and rice from the food cart near our home was exactly what we both wanted.
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| Totally normal sight in Times Square |
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