You may play this game with children , you may play this game with yorself : Lay out pictures and cards , move them to groups and sets , define thematic set memberschips . And voilà an applied version of set theory , transformed into narrative topology which may be inspiring … and also a telltale of the personality piecing the pics together . Soit , es sei ! -
Yesterday the focus clearly was on patterns and structures . Today we might tell the story of vehicles in a more typological way . You may call it “sociological” - ? ( Steinbeck , again : “Of Mice Cars and Men” … )
First , there are the Divas : The Fancy Ones on display , polished and showy - often adorning their proprietors .
Clinton, OK : Route 66- Museum
Springfield, MO : 1953 pickup
Second , there ore The Special Ones “living” - for one reason or another - in classy and expensive gated communities.
Kingman, AZ
Third , there are The Heroes , admired for their their unselfish fights , battles and victories : Polished gladiators of the road . (Cf. Firefighter - Special!)
Chicago, IL : @ The Very Start of Route 66
Dwight, IL
Meramec, MO
McLean, IL : Dixies Trucker Home
Halltown, MO : Volunteer Fire Dept., Saturday Car Wash
Halltown, MO
Fourthly , there are the Hard- Workin’ Guys carrying out the duty out modestly during a lifetime . When they’re old , these humble proletarians often fail to receive our appropriate acknoledgement of gratitude -
Hydro, OK : Pickup as Tow Truck
Galena, KS : Mid- 1950s Chevrolet One-Ton Wrecker Tow Truck ( Mater @ Cars)
Holbrook, AZ : Trucks @ Newman Bros
Groom, TX : Combine
Dwight, IL : Tractor ( redundancy alert ! )
Albuquerque, NM
Fifthly and finally the are The Toyz , objects of desire : Full play instinct ahead !
Holbrook, AZ : Kesters’ VolkswagenWerks
Stanton, MO : Toy and Truck Museum
Halltown, MO : Main Street Harley- Parade
Devil’s Elbow, MO : Bar & Beer & Bike
Ah, tout de même, des Harley ! ;) :)
yesssssss, Sir: and locals, too ! genuine EZ- riders and not those guys who rent the bikes to start their stampede at 6 o’clock in the morning … mostly in order to show / shout off - - -
I love anything vintage, especially old toys and cars.
You’ll find them in Toy & Truck Museum @ Stanton, MO