We sat next to each other on folding chairs. Jeanette got out his pen and watercolor and sketched Dodge 1961 and 1958 Plymouth Fury, a bit exaggerated to bring out their personality.
I liked the idea, so I tried to graft cars on the bodies of people walking. I noticed fragments of conversations that I heard.
In 1958, America seemed to be caught between memories of the war, fears of nuclear devastation, and dreams of space, and that zeitgeist is written on the cars' faces .
Perhaps Chrysler will bounce back to life as a 'toon car. Let's hope so. Maybe the key to business success is to put a little more personality in car models. More details on this blog about the zeitgeist and automobiles names.