frank s
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I'm not real clear, even after a 61-post thread, what is "soul" in an automobile. Seems to me, after not much careful analysis and consulting the various automuses, that the essence of Soul lies not in the physical machinery, nor even in the humming being contemplating this mystery, but in the place where they meet and integrate. A place that can shift from second to second.
The world's best home-run hitter is just an overpaid kid with a stick until the equally overpaid kid with the horsehide sends it to its fated meeting, bat on ball. Not every such contact shows a spurt of Soul, but when they do, they are often easily recognizable among the many possibilities.
So I can drive my GT in either of the (Soulful, non-soulful) worlds in good conscience, always alert at some level to the varying likelihoods of sensing Soul and not. To reiterate an earlier observation, when I was together with my 1966 Lotus Elan, the chances were very high that together we would cause an evocation of Soul. The two potentials, the Elan's and mine. might exist in isolation from one another, and their coming-together pulse in its probabilities, but the underlying Soul-melding circumstances are much closer together in some cars than others. With Soul close to the surface in both car and driver, wonders abound. If either doesn't bring essential elements to the mix. meh.
The world's best home-run hitter is just an overpaid kid with a stick until the equally overpaid kid with the horsehide sends it to its fated meeting, bat on ball. Not every such contact shows a spurt of Soul, but when they do, they are often easily recognizable among the many possibilities.
So I can drive my GT in either of the (Soulful, non-soulful) worlds in good conscience, always alert at some level to the varying likelihoods of sensing Soul and not. To reiterate an earlier observation, when I was together with my 1966 Lotus Elan, the chances were very high that together we would cause an evocation of Soul. The two potentials, the Elan's and mine. might exist in isolation from one another, and their coming-together pulse in its probabilities, but the underlying Soul-melding circumstances are much closer together in some cars than others. With Soul close to the surface in both car and driver, wonders abound. If either doesn't bring essential elements to the mix. meh.
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