Aaron Robinson: They Have Eyes, But They Cannot Be Seen

The psychology of seeing faces in inanimate objects is an endemic brain quirk with a five-syllable Latin name: pareidolia. Though it has many faults, the human brain is a Bugatti Veyron when it comes to pareidolia, which is why the Veyron looks like a fat guy about to be hit by a bus. If, as Cicero says, the face is a picture of the mind with the eyes as its interpreter, a car's headlights are the most important aspects of its styling, the double-pane Pellas into its soul. Hey, I don't make the rules. We are conditioned by instinct and literature to place great significance on the eyes. E.E. Cummings called them "big love-crumbs," while the billboard eyes of  Doctor T.J. Eckleburg in Fitzgerald's Gatsby represent nothing less than the unblinking gaze of God. Jane Austen's proud Mr. Darcy notes that he has been "meditating on the very great ­pleasure which a pair of fine eyes in the face of a pretty woman can bestow." Which is an excellent line for husbands to have at the ready, especially when the flatbed rolls up with another car purchase. READ MORE ›› from Car and Driver Blog http://blog.caranddriver.com

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