The Mind and Body exhibit at the Denver Nature and Science museum is more extraordinary than anything you can imagine. Already having high expectations for the exhibit, it has exceeded those expectations. In the modern time including the past five to ten years there has been a huge outbreak in the health craze as well as medically with the preservations of the human body tissue. There are so many ways to analyze the exhibit. Although Body Worlds is there to benefit humanity.

It is there to have people make changes in their life and how they go about a daily activity. To teach people how the body works and act upon how to change their lives in a positive way by seeing first hand what certain items can have an effect on your body. Having people realize and understand the true meaning of the body because it is the one thing that humans have not been able to produce or recreate there is so much that fascinates our minds. “It is there for the enlightenment and contemplation of each person.”(quote from creator of the exhibits) This is what it had done for me, I was amazed at all the plastination of the bodies. It really made me think of my self image and how I work as a human being. Its like looking into a mirror.

The purpose for my presentation through a slide show is using the idea of seeing as a way to prove my point that seeing the image of a body is more powerful than touching because to see it first person still makes it something that you can identify with but still be repulsed. The body is a need of itself and it is more than our brian can master. We do not treat our bodies as an object because we can not handle the complexity of how it works. It is amazing for the fact that nature can make something so complex. As a human you can identify that it is another human but at the same time be repulsed by the fact that it is a human.

My audience is Humanity, all the people around the world because everyone can learn from the exhibit and have an effect on their body afterwards by understanding how complex we are as humans. Which brings me to my next point stating that the exigence is the body itself because it has a need of itself. We need to feed it and take care of it or else it will not work. The majority of people need to understand what the body. Our bodies can not be seen merely as an object because it is more than just another object.

If you were to touch the bodies it makes it feel like matter, therefore more like an object but seeing gives you the exhilarating feeling while still realizing that it is a human. From that you begin to question the back story of the body what was the persons name, what did he/she do, how did they die, etc. Seeing it makes your realize how complex you really are and you can not master yourself. It is a self realization and impossible to say that you can control everything your mind and body does. Seeing the body is also like looking into a mirror of self image. Imagining yourself doing the same activity and understanding that it could be you.

Finally the bodies are positioned as a form of art so that people can admire the complexity of the body compared to even some of the most complex man-made objects. It puts us in the category of nature when the bodies can look like other things in nature and helps us understand that we are nature and we have a need that needs to be met. Man-made objects all have answers and there are some questions that we will never be able to solve about ourselves. Seeing the activities an emotion that each body possess makes it even more human in your mind. When seeing someone doing the activity you do not think of it in the same light.

The BODY WORLDS, an original exhibition at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, really stands out from other ongoing exhibitions at the Mile High City. What the organizer wants to show to the audience is not only the impressive visual displays of the plastinated human bodies and organs, but more significantly, an upgraded view about our hearts and lives.

Despite all the other factors, the theme of the exhibition itself is enough to appeal a large number of audiences. In most situations, people go to the museum to see the legacy of the ancient times, the mystery of the nature, world of wild animals or the unknowing outer space. But how many of these visitors get the chance to see the exhibitions of themselves-human beings, to take a specific look at the organization of our body through the real body specimens, instead of the models we have seen before in the labs. There may have been many other exhibitions showing the information about common diseases and the components of bodies, in the form of words, pictures, models and videos. However, this BODY WORLDS is quite different because everything exhibited here is a shock to the viewers’ eyes. For example, people may feel astonished to hear that the human heart pumps 1,800 gallons of blood in a day, but putting a dozen iron cylinders whose volumes equal to 1,800 gallons can make things more vivid than words.

Speaking of the specimens in the exhibition, every audience should appreciate the selfless contribution the donors made for the better being of human lives. There is a comment board at both the beginning and the end of the exhibitions, allowing the audience to express their gratitude and honor to these donors. Throughout the exhibition, a strong sentiment has been spread, that is the love of our heart and our bodies. Disease and death is inevitable, however, the value of a person may not be diminished after his or her death, the body donors made their after lives meaningful by extending the existence of their bodies. The decorations like the walls, lights, and music at this exhibition are all related to heart, the theme. What distinguished from regular shows about health and medicals is that the organizer of the BODY HEARTS puts more emphasis of the soul of the specimens and other words exhibited, to analyze what is behind the exhibits.

There is one part of the exhibition, which really attracts me most. People all know that smoking is bad to our health in the long term and how smoking is related to a serious of disease such as cancer and cardiovascular disease. But What about seeing the real lung specimen of a smoker? Compared to the lungs of a non-smoker, the black lung of a smoker could stun everyone at the exhibition. Besides the real objects, in many cases, the number can also be an effective factor in convincing the audiences. From one instructions, the audiences know that three year after someone quick smoking, the heart attack rate is the same as someone who never smoked. It is self-evident that many smokers may feel inspired when they see this conclusion at the exhibition.

Like what the organizer of the BODY WORLDS exhibition said, “The presentation of the pure and physical reminds visitors to Body Worlds of the intangible and the unfathomable. The plastinated post-world body illuminates the soul by its very absence.” After watching the exhibition with an emotional and reasonable mind, audiences may have a more comprehensive understanding of their bodies and a higher respect for their lives.