April 19th, 2010 
Seafoodpuncher 
I have nothing against art (except my own).
But when people line up in droves, fighting you for a peek at “maggot art”, you know that society has taken a turn for the worst.
It doesn’t take a special maggot to create a masterpiece, just one with enough energy to make it across a canvas.
I never thought that maggots would be taking jobs away from the rest of us. They’ve already proven to be better doctors at dealing with hard-to-heal wounds: When the general surgeon is stumped by a festering sore that has no chance of improving, maggots get thrown into the mix to save the day. They make sure to meticulously remove all dead cells while keeping healthy tissue intact. Maggots are capable of so much…and they don’t even have opposable thumbs…or even hands for that matter.
These 
chubby little worms promote healing, disinfect wounds and are willing to give doctors all the credit.
Who knew that a maggot was such a mensch?
The hospital is a fairly stressful environment though, even for the most experienced maggot, so it’s no surprise that many of these little grubs have turned to the arts.
Obviously their paintings don’t sell for much: First of all, maggots with a talent for wiggling around in paint are not that hard to come by. And second of all, maggots will do the job for a small piece of old bologna.
So in the end, all you’re paying for is the paint and the paper…and maybe some rotten meat.
I’m just worried about those bastard maggots undercutting my prices…
I need at least a whole pizza to do my job right.
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Maggot art…. How did we live so long without these masterpieces?
I think I would rather die of my disease than have a well-intentioned maggot crawling over my wounds.
Having said that, if you are stupid enough to buy a piece of maggot art, you deserve the maggot eggs that are likely buried within and that will grow into huge maggots that will eat your brain.
Hey! I was one of those people lining up to do maggot art, and my little maggot was quite the artiste.
@ Cat Lady: We lived a long time. And i could have made it even longer without them. but they are here…and now i’ll just have to live with the art.
@JD: you’ll change your mind…we both know your husband would cover you with maggots to save your life…and dont worry. maggots dont lay eggs. They are just little babies. gross, slimy, grubby little babies.
@ Cristina: haha. i know! It was one of the reasons i started writing this post. everyting always thinks their baby maggot is the best one though…and the prettiest..and the smartest and they cant ever stop talking about them.
I follow a blogger who has been hospitalized for some months. At one point they used “Maggot Therapy” on him to clean out a gaping wound. I just got light-headed from typing that. Freaked me out beyond belief. He didn’t give any gory details or God forbid provide a picture, but I still will never think of him the same way again. Maggots ate him!!!
@Kathy: I’m sure we’ve been covered with all sorts of gross stuff in our day. ANd you do realize there are mites living on our eyelashes and skin right? hehe. They are currently inside your follicles as we speak! DOes that freak you out? sorry…i couldnt help it. But yes, writhing maggots in a wound are one of the grossest things i can imagine. ugh.
I think the elephants who paint must be pretty pissed off.
elephants take their craft very seriously. Unfortunately, maggots outnumber elephants by at least 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 to 1.