andyandeye's Blog

whattt, i dont een look n caskets, at funerals, no way... but my youngest son is a year away from being a mortichan and he love to look at that stuff...............ewwwwwwwwww

I find the human body a wonderful piece of engineering. If it weren’t for the fact that I am recovering from a broken tibia I would be there.

Now for a little art history. In order to draw the human body you have to understand how the body is put together. The Romans had a pretty good idea but really did not do any of the dissections (no written record anyway) in order to see how the body actually works. Fast forward to the Renaissance and look at the art of Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo. Look at the how the artists drew the human figure. You can see the muscles underneath the skin.

In order to do this Leonardo and Michelangelo had to dissect the human body. To do this Leonardo and Michelangelo exhumed dead bodies in order to see how human body is put together. Essentially they robbed graves to further their knowledge about the human body. This had to be done in complete secrecy because if they were caught they would be decapitated under church law (at this time the catholic version of Christianity). Leonardo did much more research than Michelangelo as we can see from his sketches.

I do not want to change this blog into a religious war so to speak but if it wasn’t for this quest for knowledge do you think we would have the knowledge of medicine and how the human body works today?

I can't wait to go- already have my tickets! I think this will be very intersting and educational. I think the Arch Bishop needs to worry about issues happening inside the church.

I saw this in Tampa last year. It was AMAZING.
It came to Tampa and was supposed to be there 3 weeks and was held over for MONTHs it was so well received.
I was a little squemish at first and it's something that takes a bit to get used to, but the educational value is astronomical. It's simply amazing to see and I would recommend EVERY school take EVERY child to see it.
The version I saw also showed several 'disorders', one of which was comparing a smokers lung to a non-smokers lung. I'll tell you what, every smoker should go and see what really happens. You hear about it--your lungs turning black, but you really have no idea until you see it yourself.
An amazing thing. Everyone should go.

I heard that this exhibit is so popular in other cities that they had to open it up for 24 hours a day due to the high demand and tickets selling out. I am not sure if I am going to go but I am thinking about it.I know my sons want to go.

It's an awesome exhibit. I think it was in Chicago that I saw it and it was fascinating. I don't understand the Archbishop's stand on this--but I don't get his viewpoint most of the time. It's an incredible way to see what an amazing structure God designed when he created the human body.