Yesterday I went to the Ontario Science Center to see Body Worlds 2, the controversial show featuring plastinated bodies... and one of the most amazing science exhibits I've ever seen.

It was a bit surreal to realize that we were seeing actual human bodies but I didn't find the show creepy or sensationalist at all. It was fascinating to see the human body literally exposed in all its glory, and to see the beauty in the intricate knit of muscle, nerves, tissue, and bone that makes up our insides. Did you know that networks of blood vessels resemble silhouettes of leafless tree branches?

No wonder learning anatomy is so difficult. I have more respect than ever before for anyone who is a doctor or studying to be a one. Especially surgeons. Especially surgeons who are brilliant and/or crazy enough to able to fathom procedures like this.

ps. I am never taking up smoking. Ever. The sight of a beautiful large white lung transformed into a shriveled grey-black organ is disgusting!