Unforgettable School Trip

Approximately 5 years ago, I had my first memorable encounter with art.  It happened on a school trip along with my classmates. We were taken to a human body’s exhibition in Downtown, New York called Body Worlds: Pulse.

I did not grow up going to art museums or any other type of exhibitions, not that I remember. When I when to the Body World museum, I was 17 years old, old enough to know about death bodies, and human skeletons even though I had never seen one before. Well, that was my first time. It was fascinating to believe that those were actual human bodies. We were told that the real human bodies on display came from body donors, people who during their lifetime, decided that upon their death their bodies could be used for educational exhibitions like this one using a technique called plastination.

“Plastination is a process designed to preserve the body for educational and instructional purposes – in a more detailed way than ever before. Plastinates are dry, odorless, durable and are particularly valuable educational tools not only for medical professionals but also for a broader public” This is used to preserve the bodies so that everyone can learn from them. This method helps to see our bodies from a different perspective, we can get to not only imagine but to visualize what is under our skin.

I got the chance to check out a human fetus development display with real fetus which unfortunately was not able to experience and to look at the world we live in. It was like a window to discovery how amazing we are and how equal our body structure is. We were advised how take care of our body before it is too late and what organs could be affected by our bad habits. I remember admiring the 13-foot tall three dimensional beating heart animation showed in multiple views. I saw how it moves inside the body. That school trip was an unforgettable and captivating experience. It was more than an exhibition, it was like traveling around the inside of someone’s body.

Work Cited

“Body Worlds: Plastination Technique”. bodyworlds.com. ND. Web. 6 Oct. 2017