World Of Tourism

Plane crashes, disease, disturbing revelations about Spanish dictator General Franco, the Spanish Kings passion for fast cars and a British tourist that fell to his death when his parachute wouldnt open, are some of the stories I've been reading about this morning. To say I am despondent is an understatement. I've said this many times before but when are we going to hear some good news? Everything is doom and gloom, my sunny disposition soon turned to sour grapes after 5 minutes browsing the net. I couldnt find anything to write about that was remotely inspiring.

I tried looking at conspiracy theories, 9/11, reptilian shapeshifters, illumanati and the list really is endless, trust me on that but my brow was still wrinkled from frowning and I thought of the saying "ignorance is bliss" and that rings true in most aspects of our lives. If the hubby is cheating do we really want to know? If we put on a few kilo's and ask the question, do I look fat? Are we really looking for the true answer? Do we really want to know if the world is being ruled by reptiles? I can honestly say that as much as I believe the truth will set you free our mentality remains the same, bury your head as deep as you can in that sand.

I then thought of rambling on about staying positive but let's be honest the last thing you want to hear when you're in a bad mood is to hold on, everything gets better. So that leaves me with a head full of mixed thoughts, a frown and a deep needed desire to search for the right answers. Sometimes I wish there was a formula or recipe for how to live life and live it to its fullest.

When I feel like this, as if I'm stuck, stuck in a life I didnt choose or want, stuck with so many unanswered questions on what to believe, are our destinies fixed? Does it matter what choices we make, we'll still end up where we are supposed to be? I think of a joke that instantly puts a smile on my face, so here it is, I hope it gets you smiling:

'Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving
safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in
sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly
used up, totally worn out and screaming,'WOO HOO, What a Ride!'

I consider myself to be pretty open minded. I try and look at every idea I'm presented with from different angles and then come to my own conclusions or opinions. I believe in UFO's, I like to read about conspiracy theories and I'm toying with the idea of reptilian shapeshifters (long story) presented by the world renowned Davide Icke but there are some things in this world I just cant' wrap my head around.

Gunther Van Hogens is a man with some freaky ideas on art. If you havent heard of him, consider yourself lucky. I was eating a bowl of Kelloggs Corn Flakes when I came across his story and let's just say my appetite went right out the window. His claim to fame, if I can even call it that, is using human corpses in his art pieces. He rearranges them in different poses, can anyone say Ted Bundy reincarnated?? He describes himself as a plastinator because he removes the fluids and fats from bodies and replaces it with plastic resin. Pause for effect....

He performed a public autopsy in 2002, the first in over 170 years in Britain and once again he's causing a stir with a new exhibition that's going to be shown in Berlin, The Cycle Of Life. In one piece, he has two corpses in a pose that let's say is frowned upon in public. Yes you guessed it, getting it on from beyond the grave or platform in this case. Tasteless joke, forgive me.

Don't get me wrong, this is no joke, people are up in arms about this, saying it's indecent and offensive and I cant help but agree but what I find funny is the fact that a person can actually get away with things like this, all in the name of art. Religion and art people, it's the way forward in getting what you want and not having to pay the consequences. Admittedly, that was a stab at religion, one of the many conspiracy theories that I've been reading lately but back to the Plastinator, the man is clearly not well and needs to be evaluated by a professional, I'm all for freedom of artistic expression but isn't this crossing a line?

I don't actually know, Leonardo Da Vinci, a man of vision and genius was considered deranged in his time but he was experimenting to find out about the human body, something they didnt know too much about back then, what's the Plastinator's excuse? All I know for sure is HE'LL BE BACK. I know, I know.....