The Uterus as Art (was: Switzerland Art......)

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HA! HA! Carla, I LOVE IT!!

This uterus reminds me of that memorable quote from Woody :

" I have an intense desire to return to the womb....Anybody's. "

And now Woody (and ALL of us) really can !!

Actually, in the city of Philadelphia, there is a precedent of sorts for this

type of anatomical art. At the lin Institute, there's a huge

" walk-through human heart " , complete with audio (a loud, pulsating heart beat)

as you

travel through the various cardiac chambers.

Carla, you wondered whether this particular uterine art would be fibroid-free

with ovary in tact.

Hmmmmmmmmmm......I'd say that would really depend on the artist, his style,

and the period of art history he/she was most inspired/influenced by.

Let's see....if he were a Realist, yes, of course, you could DEFINITELY

expect to see a bunch of fibroids, a polyp or two, and a follicular cyst on the

ovary. Hey, that's Realism for you--Life (and a uterus) as it REALLY IS-- for

most women.

An artist stuck in the Medieval period?????........what would HIS vision of

the uterus be??????? The very same as those Medieval GYNOS we've all

known---The uterus would be removed along with the cervix, and ovaries. Alas--

it would

be a stark and bare exhibit with a mere strand of surgical adhesion as a

remnant.... of what once was.

An artist influenced by the period in Art History known as the Enlightenment

would " defibroid " his creation, and then resect the uterus, with just a

faint surgical incision to show for it.

A true Futurist artist, might portray the " UTERUS OF THE FUTURE " (i.e.,

treated by a noninvasive method like, MRI-guided focused ultrasound.)

Hey, now that I think of it--the ARTISTIC possibilities are just

endless--NUFF could really have its own

" MOMA " (no, NOT Museum of Modern Art.....I mean MUSEUM OF **MYOMA*** ART!!!)

with Carla as Curator.

-Roma

In a message dated 6/16/2004 1:02:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

cdionne@... writes:

That would be a healthy ovary and fibroid-free uterus, I presume?

" Among several larger-than-life exhibits in the Art Unlimited hall is

Wombhouse, a model uterus big enough to sleep in, and furnished for

the purpose with sound system and wine bar in the left ovary. "

read the rest here:

http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/Swissinfo.html?siteSect=105&sid=5006976

This piece of art I'd truly like to see...