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The Song of the Clouds

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Summary

What lies on the surface does not always reflect what lies beneath it in the dark, with a lone soul travelling in search of its rightful body. Living in a world which has been limiting individuals to stereotypes and mindless assumptions based on gender for centuries, we have only now begun to reflect on what this aspect of our existence truly means. So, when the orb-like psyche discovers that it has yet to be assigned to a body, it travels through space and time to orient itself in human affairs. Exploring the settings of the Golden Age of Athens and 21st century Copenhagen, Denmark, coined as the “Happiest Place in the World,” it comes to find out that such a life does not come with the narrative one might expect. The Clouds spectate the journey of this forlorn soul, carrying it through its struggles and strife. Having been guiding humans for centuries, they have come to familiarise themselves with them, mirroring their fluidity. For just as the clouds are fluid in their shapes, so are humans in their identities. And just as the clouds change through space and time, so does society.

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Excerpt
Chapters
12
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n/a
Age Rating
13+

Introduction

While aiming to place emphasis on topics concerning our relationship with gender and how it has remained static yet evolved through time within society, a more holistic overview is provided. Much of the story has many layers to it which can be interpreted in a number of ways.

The clouds seem to “narrate” and guide the story as if they are spectators or like a chorus in the typical Greek Tragedy. They are a metaphor for the ideas and topics presented in the story as well as human identities in general. For just as clouds are fluid and “flexible” in their forms, so are humans in their identities. Just as society transforms through time and space, so do clouds.

In simple terms, this story is a message from these amorphous entities to us.

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