"A certain vertiginous occlusion of the imagined and the real" —The White Album
adjective 1. whirling; spinning; rotary: vertiginous currents of air .
noun 2. the front formed by a cold front overtaking a warm front and lifting the warm air above the earth's surface
Excerpt from Joan Didion's The White Album (click to enlarge)—
"A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest…." —Joan Didion
"Then came From Here to Eternity ." —Art Wars
"Someday I'll wish upon a star…." —The Definitive Collection