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1. “Los Angeles Notebook” by Joan Didion , published in Seeing and Writing: Fifteen Exercises in Composing Experience by Walker Gibson (1974)

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“Chapter 13: Wind As Science (excerpt)”  from Seeing and Writing: Fifteen Exercises in Composing Experience by Walker Gibson (1974)

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A Sudden Gust of Wind (after Hokusai) 1993 by Jeff Wall born 1946

Jeff Wall “A Sudden Gust of Wind (after Hokusai)” 1993

“…Wall photographed actors in a landscape located outside his home town, Vancouver, at times when similar weather conditions prevailed over a period of five months. He then collaged elements of the photograph digitally in order to achieve the desired composition. The result is a tableau which appears staged in the manner of a classical painting…”

– From Tate Modern website, 2013

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Study for 'A Sudden Gust of Wind (After Hokusai)' 1993 by Jeff Wall born 1946

Jeff Wall, Study for ‘A Sudden Gust of Wind (After Hokusai)’ 1993

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30.3 mph wind speed, Mount Washington, NH, December 14, 2013

Above is a screen capture of live video of 30.3 mph wind speed.
Mount Washington, NH
December 14, 2013

“The above image is taken by a webcam located inside the Mount Washington Observatory at the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire, the highest point in New England. It’s looking ENE out of a window in the Observatory tower.”

– Mount Washington Live Webcam

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Wind Map