Instead of starting with a blank canvas, you manipulate the lens used to present the data from a certain angle.

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The idea of fractured space is also taken up by Gesine Weinmiller, whose proposed memorial has 18 blocks which appear as a fragmented Star of David when viewed from a certain angle.

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We published a major multiday series several years ago called Washing Away in which we laid out in very stark and clear and understandable terms what would happen if a hurricane of this magnitude approached New Orleans from a certain angle, as this one did, and pushed the waters of Lake Pontchartrain against the levees.

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