Clouds

Clouds are the sky’s moods. Taoist tradition is attentive to the character of clouds: thin cirrus clouds are read differently than low brooding ones; the presence of clouds around a mountain is often the subject of poetry and painting. Jungian dream analysis treats clouds as the shifting surfaces of the unconscious — what is rising toward consciousness without yet having definite form. A dream of reading shapes in the clouds is a classic image of projection: the psyche sees its own contents mirrored in the sky. Notice whether the clouds are gathering, dispersing, or holding still — and what color they are.