What if we saw as many images of stomachs as we see of hearts or brains? Would we identify with this internal organ more? Are you your brain, your heart, your guts, your stomach?
Amid the ongoing terror of stomach amputation — so-called weight-loss surgery — would public opinion about this practice be different if we could see the damage that's done to otherwise healthy internal organs?
Here's hoping a stomach a day keeps the scalpel away...
materials: wood and nails (donated by Linda Garber), inner tube (from Scrap in San Francisco), the artist's urge to hit things with a hammer (i.e., inauguration day 2017)
photo: Marilyn Wann