Crash and burn

I work for a newspaper and recently reported on a head-on collision. One car was engulfed in flames and - no offense to anyone; I know it sounds warped - but I was amazed at what the car looked like after it was nearly destroyed by fire. In some of the shots I took, it looked the car had once been a living organisim. And I was amazed at the - for lack of a better word and once again no offense - the "art that resulted" from the fire. Sick I know, but I couldn't believe it. You can see the pictures at http://www.picturesocial.com/photo/crash-streering-wheel?context=us...; I would appreciate all feedback - pro and con.
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Lisa

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Comment by Veronica Verna Miranda on September 20, 2010 at 5:12am: goosebumps! but nice capture

Comment by Ed Harp on September 3, 2010 at 7:29am: Art can be created from any subject, however there needs to some balance and harmony within the frame. In this case the thought that people were burned in this car is rather morbid for some, however when the elements of composition create some, be it abstract or concrete reality, relationship between the lines and shapes then we can define it as art. So there has to be some logic to those lines and shapes. In some of the photos, there may actually be too much information in order to create a relationship between focal points.
My suggestion would be to get closer which you can do in cropping in PP. I've added a couple of ideas with a couple of your images. Some of the images I felt didn't have a lot to start with, but some had great potential. BTW, I'm not sure I would run this as art in the Newspaper associated with the crash.